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Milk yield and quality in Guernsey cows fed cottonseed cake-based diets partially substituted with baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) seed cake

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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of partially substituting cottonseed cake with graded levels of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) seed cake (BSC) on milk yield and quality in Guernsey cows. Sixteen cows in mid-lactation and in their third parity were allocated to diets containing 0% (control), 5%, 10%, and 15% BSC in a completely randomized design. Each cow was given a daily feed ration of 6 kg and a basal diet of soya bean stover ad libitum. There were no differences in daily feed intake (P > 0.05), but basal intake differed among all treatment groups with cows on the control diet having the highest intake (30 ± 0.34 kg/day). Mean daily milk yield differed (P < 0.05) among all treatment groups. However, the control had higher milk yield of 12.1 ± 0.73 kg/day, and the 15% BSC had the least yield of 7.46 ± 0.73 kg/day. Cows on the control diet had higher milk butterfat content (6.12%; P < 0.05) than those on the BSC-based diets. Protein content differed (P < 0.05) across all treatment groups with cows on 15% BSC producing the highest protein content (3.43%) while the control had the least (2.6%). The concentration of milk total solids for cows fed on 15% BSC was higher (P < 0.05) than that from cows on other diets. Lactose content was not affected by the diets (P > 0.05). These results indicate that BSC can substitute soya bean cake in dairy diets, but milk production and butterfat content are compromised.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Henderson Research Station for the provision of experimental animals, feeds, research facilities, and technical support. We are also thankful to Nyarai Kurebgaseka from Phyto Trade Africa for the supply of baobab literature and the seed cake that was used for the trial.

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  1. Henderson Research Station, Animal Nutrition Section, P. Bag 2004, Mazowe, Zimbabwe

    James Madzimure, Lovemore Gwiriri & Eddison Mamhare

  2. Department of Livestock and Pasture Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, P. Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, Republic of South Africa

    James Madzimure

  3. Department of Natural Resources and Agriculture Livestock and Wildlife Management, Midlands State University, P. Bag 9055, Gweru, Zimbabwe

    Carmen Musimurimwa & Eliton Chivandi

  4. School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

    Eliton Chivandi

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Madzimure, J., Musimurimwa, C., Chivandi, E. et al. Milk yield and quality in Guernsey cows fed cottonseed cake-based diets partially substituted with baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) seed cake. Trop Anim Health Prod 43, 77–82 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-010-9656-5

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