NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ELEPHANT GRASS SILAGE WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS OF COFFE HULLS

Authors

  • Adauto Ferreira Barcelos Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, adauto.barcelos@epamig.ufla.br
  • José Rodolfo Reis de Carvalho Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, jose_rodolfo@zootecnia.com.br http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-3864
  • Valdir Botega Tavares Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas, Rio Pomba, Minas Gerais, valdirbotega@yahoo.com.br
  • Clenderson Corradi de Mattos Gonçalves Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, clenderson@epamig.ufla.br

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab19027432

Keywords:

Animal nutrition

Abstract

We evaluated the nutritional value and the bromatological characteristics of elephant grass (EG) silages, cut at 70 days of regrowth, adding four levels of coffee hulls (1-EG; 2-EG + 10%; 3-EG + 20%; and 4-EG + 30%). A randomized block design with four treatments and six replicates was used. The lignin, cellulose, caffeine, IVDDM, pH, N-NH3 and effluent and gas losses were determined in the silages. The DM values increased as pH decreased linearly with the increase of coffee hulls in EG silage. The effluent production occurred only in the silage without coffee hulls on the first five days, with higher production on the first three days. The N-NH3 values decreased linearly with the increase of the coffee hulls. There was an increase in CP content as the coffee hulls increased. There was an increase of NDF and reduction of the ADF and IVDDM linear decrease with the increase of the coffee hulls. These results show that the coffee hulls as an additive was effective in improving the characteristics of elephant grass silage cut at 70 days of age
Keywords: absorbent additive; dry matter digestibility; fiber; fermentative standard; forage conservation.

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Author Biographies

Adauto Ferreira Barcelos, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, adauto.barcelos@epamig.ufla.br

http://lattes.cnpq.br/1910004746514086

José Rodolfo Reis de Carvalho, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, jose_rodolfo@zootecnia.com.br

http://lattes.cnpq.br/4047730831893180

Valdir Botega Tavares, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas, Rio Pomba, Minas Gerais, valdirbotega@yahoo.com.br

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3974116827247416

Clenderson Corradi de Mattos Gonçalves, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil, clenderson@epamig.ufla.br

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0118771399787466

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Published

2018-10-20

How to Cite

FERREIRA BARCELOS, A.; REIS DE CARVALHO, J. R.; BOTEGA TAVARES, V.; DE MATTOS GONÇALVES, C. C. NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ELEPHANT GRASS SILAGE WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS OF COFFE HULLS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 19, p. 1–12, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/cab19027432. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-27432. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

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Vol. 19 (2018): Continuous publication

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ZOOTECNIA

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