Proceedings
The relative preference for napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum var. Hawaii), cassava foliage (Manihot esculenta), sweet potato vines (Ipomoea batatas) and banana leaves (Musa sapientum) was measured with 8 Priangan sheep and 8 "Kacang" goats in a trial conducted in Bogor, West Java. The animals were about 8 months of age and weighed 11.8 + 0.8 (sheep) and 13.1 + 1.9 kg (goats) at the beginning of the trial. Two treatments were imposed in a single reversal design: a 13 percent crude protein concentrate offered at 200 g/day, or no concentrate; actual concentrate intake by goats was negligible. All forages were chopped to 10 cm length and offered separately but simultaneously, ad libitum. Water and mineralized stalt were freely available. Fourteen-day dry matter (DM) intake per body weight (kg) 0.75 differed between sheep and goats as follows: napier 218 and 95 g, cassava 540 and 537 g, sweet potato 200 and 204 g, banana 150 and 216 g. Total forage DM intake was influenced differently (P menor 0.01) by concentrate treatment (w/ or w/o: sheep w/1052, sheep w/o 1164, goats w/1064, goats w/o 1039 g. Preference ranks as measured by the percentage contribution of each foliage to the total forage DM intake were cassava 49, napier 19, sweet potato 18 and banana 14 percent in sheep; cassava 51, banana 21, sweet potato 19 and napier 9 percent in goats. The preference differences for napier grass and banana leaves were highly significant (P menor 0.01) between sheep and goats
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Scottsdale, AZ (EUA)
1982
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| Subjects: | CAPRINOS, ALIMENTACION DE LOS ANIMALES, FORRAJES, RESIDUOS DE COSECHAS, OVINOS, CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS, SELECCION, INDONESIA, |
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