Title: Feeding value of wild Napier grass (Pennisetum macrourum) for cattle supplemented with protein and/or energy rich supplements
Abstract: Abstract Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the feeding value of Pennisetum macrourum , commonly known as wild Napier grass, as a feed for cattle. Experiment 1 was a nutritive value determination using four crossbred steers and four diets in a 4×4 Latin square design experiment. The four diets were: wild Napier grass + mineral/vitamin mixture (WN), wild Napier grass + 0.5 kg fishmeal + 0.5 kg maize bran + mineral/vitamin mixture (MB+FM), wild Napier grass + 0.5 kg molasses + mineral/vitamin mixture (MO) and wild Napier grass + 0.5 kg fishmeal + 0.5 kg molasses + mineral/vitamin mixture (MO+FM). Wild Napier grass contained 668, 256 and 78 g/kg DM of NDF, ADF and CP, respectively. The DM intake (67.9, 118.9, 96, 132.9 g/kg for animals on WN, MB+FM, MO and MO+FM, respectively) differed ( P P P P P P P
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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