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Voluntary intake and apparent digestibility of tropical forages fed to sheep in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Ives C.S. Bueno ,
Sergio L.S. Cabral Filho ,
Liliana L. Oetting  and
Adibe L. Abdalla
Ives C.S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Sergio L.S. Cabral Filho
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Liliana L. Oetting
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Adibe L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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In Brazil ruminant production is based mainly on extensive systems in which forages are the most important, if not the only, source of nutrients. The quality of tropical forages declines seriously with advancing maturity and in extensive systems large amounts of forage commonly remain unused after grazing during the wet season (spring/summer). This unused forage could be harvested and sun-dried. During the dry season, there is a lack of feed on pastures and the hay produced from unused forages could provide a cheap alternative to concentrate supplements. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate three commercially available tropical forages as sheep feed in the Piracicaba river region of Sao Paulo State in Brazil.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 142
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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