Utilization of coffee fruit without seeds in ruminant feeding

Three digestibility and nitrogen balance trials were performed with steers fed four rations containing 0, 20, 40 or 60 percent coffee fruit without seeds (CFWS). Intakes of ration dry matter and CFWS dry matter for each treatment were: 3.5, 3.2, 2.6, 2.1 and 0, 6, 1.0, 1.3 kg/100 kg/day, respectively. Apparent digestibilities of organic matter (OM), cell walls (CW), acid detergent fiber (ADF), gross energy (GE) and crude protein (CP) were: 51.2, 50.6, 54.0 and 53.9 percent; 38.9, 39.1, 42.5 and 44.8 percent; 33.0, 32.7, 36.6 and 41.5 percent; 48.0, 48.4, 49.6 and 51.4 percent; 47.0, 45.7, 37.8 and 36.2 percent, respectively. Differences between the first two and the last two rations were significant for OM, CW, ADF and CP digestibilities. The amounts of nitrogen consumed, absorbed, and retained, decrease as CFWS increased in the ration. Percent of nitrogen retained from intake and absorption, decreased when CFWS constituted 40 to 60 percent of the ration

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	52497 Cabezas, M.T., 127646 Vargas, E., 97538 Murillo Bravo, O., 51072 Bressani, R., 20932 Utah State University (EUA), 31528 1. International Symposium Feed Composition Animal Nutrient Requirements, and Computarization of Diets Utah (EUA) 11-16 Jul 1976
Format:	biblioteca
Published:	Utah (EUA) 1976
Subjects:	GANADO BOVINO, ALIMENTACION DE LOS ANIMALES, CAFE, DIGESTIBILIDAD, CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS, ESTUDIO METABOLICO,
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