SUBSTITUTION OF SUGARCANE SILAGE BY PINEAPPLE STALK SILAGE (PSS) IN SHEEP FEED

Authors

  • Sandro Castro Santos Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Juliano José de Resende Fernandes Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Eduardo Rodrigues Carvalho Instituto Federal Goiano (IFGoiano), Iporá, Goiás, Brasil
  • Vinicius Nunes de Gouvea Universidade de São Paulo(USP), Piracicba, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Milton Moreira Lima Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Miguel Joaquim Dias Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1089-6891v15i422937

Keywords:

Animal Nutrition

Abstract

We evaluated the disappearance rate and the digestibility of pineapple stalk silage (PSS) as a replacement to sugarcane silage added 0.5% urea (SCS) in sheep feed. We used five non-castrated male Santa Inês lambs, arranged in a  5x5 Latin Square, fed diets containing 13.5% CP and 63% TDN. We evaluated the following treatments: 100% PSS:0% SCS (100P); 75% PSS:25% SCS (75P); 50% PSS:50% SCS (50P); 25% PSS:75% SCS (25P) and 0% PSS:100% SCS (0P). There were no differences (P>0,05) among treatments for DM intake (597.27 g/day), DM digestibility (DMD) and neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDFD) (P>0.05) with PSS inclusion. There was an increase in the ruminal digesta dry matter disappearance (%/h) and a linear decrease in ruminal pH (P<0.05) with PSS addition. Regarding DM disappearance, digestibility and intake, pineapple stalk silage may be used as a replacement to sugarcane silage+0.5% urea (SCS in sheep feed.

KEYWORDS: byproducts; Santa Ines; sheep; tropical fruit.

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Published

2014-12-23

How to Cite

SANTOS, Sandro Castro; FERNANDES, Juliano José de Resende; CARVALHO, Eduardo Rodrigues; GOUVEA, Vinicius Nunes de; LIMA, Milton Moreira; DIAS, Miguel Joaquim. SUBSTITUTION OF SUGARCANE SILAGE BY PINEAPPLE STALK SILAGE (PSS) IN SHEEP FEED. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 4, p. 400–408, 2014. DOI: 10.1590/1089-6891v15i422937. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/22937. Acesso em: 28 dec. 2025.

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Animal Production