Title: Evaluation of Barley Green Forage as Animal Feed Intercropping with Vetch in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia.
Abstract:The objective of the study was to evaluate the optimum stages of forage harvest for chemical composition of barley/vetch mixture for better yield of forage. The methodology of the experiment was desig...The objective of the study was to evaluate the optimum stages of forage harvest for chemical composition of barley/vetch mixture for better yield of forage. The methodology of the experiment was designed and employed randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replication in the mixture. The plot size was 2 x 5 m. Data was subjected to analysis of variance using SPSS Statistical Package for chemical analysis and forage quality. Highly significant variation (P<0.01) on Crude Protein contents (CP) (24.15%) at harvesting stages one and CP yields of 1.55t/ha was also obtained at harvesting stage two (HS2). In all observation increasing stages of harvest the forage quality becomes deteriorated while increasing of the fiber contents (NDF). Acid detergent fiber (ADF) was high after two successive cutting of forage but all the fiber content is high at HS3. Acid detergent lignin (ADL) was higher at HS3 and the lowest value was obtained at HS1. In general, the fiber contents were increased with increasing the stages of harvesting as a whole. In vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) was higher with the value of 78.5 at HS1 and followed by HS1 with the value of 72%. The highest metabolizable energy value was recorded at HS1; digestible crude protein (CP) was also higher at HS1, with the value of 3.57%. With all these findings the experiment result of this study, harvesting of forage at milk stage could be considered as the best stages of cutting for barley: vetch forage mixture.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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