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Treated sugarcane bagasse for maintenance of sheep in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

A.L. Abdalla ,
D.M.S.S. Vitti ,
N.L. del Mastro  and
M.S. Bueno
A.L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
CIANI/CENA - USP, Caixa Postal 96 - CEP 13 400-096, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
D.M.S.S. Vitti
Affiliation:
CIANI/CENA - USP, Caixa Postal 96 - CEP 13 400-096, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
N.L. del Mastro
Affiliation:
IPEN/CNEN
M.S. Bueno
Affiliation:
CIANI/CENA - USP, Caixa Postal 96 - CEP 13 400-096, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Several treatments for increasing digestibility of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) have been studied in Brazil for many years (Abdalla et al., 1990). Despite some improvements in in situ digestibility obtained with steam and pressure treatments, the SCB has not performed well when given to cattle (Mello Junior, et al., 1989). More recently, irradiation and ammonia has been tested in studies to improve the digestibility of SCB, rice and corn straw, rice and soybean hulls and others rough feed. The purpose of the present experiment was aimed to determine the intake, body weight changes, wool production and microbial synthesis in sheep fed with grass hay (Cynodon dactilon) or SCB treated with 600kGy of radiation and ammonia (20g/kg dry matter (DM)).

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Sheep
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 172
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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