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Intake and digestibility of Acacia glomerosa and
Leucaena leucocephala mixed with ammoniated
rice straw in rations for growing goats
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Unidad de Investigación en Producción Animal (UIPA),
Decanato de Agronomía de la Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA),
Tarabana, Lara State, Venezuela
Publication date: 2004-08-30
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G. E. Nouel
Unidad de Investigación en Producción Animal (UIPA),
Decanato de Agronomía de la Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA),
Tarabana, Lara State, Venezuela
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2004;13(Suppl. 1):255-258
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ABSTRACT
Intake and digestibility of Acacia glomerosa (A) and Leucaena leucocephala (L), mixed with
ammoniated rice straw (ARS) and maize by-product flour (CB) was evaluated for growing goats. Eight
goats were used (21 kg average liveweight). A factorial arrangement 2×2, in Latin square design was
conducted. The factors were 2 vegetal species and 2 inclusion levels. The study was conducted in 56
days. The cell wall intake (NDF) was superior for A vs L (652.13 vs 535.3 g/goat/day). Digestibility
of organic matter (OM) was superior for A vs L (79.83 vs 71.37%). The same occurred with: NDF
(83.19 vs 76.85%) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) (81.82 vs 67.39%). Higher intake of dry matter
(DM) occurred at the smallest inclusion level (18.75%). Further, the low inclusion level showed higher
digestibility of DM, OM, NDF and ADF than the high inclusion level.
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