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Feed intake, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation activities in sheep-fed peanut hulls treated with Trichoderma viride or urea

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This study aimed to assess impacts of fungal treatment on the nutritional value of peanut hulls (PH) or urea at the rate of 5 kg/100 g of PH. Fermented sugar beet pulp inoculated with Trichoderma viride was supplemented to PH at rates of 5.0, 10.0 and 15.0 g/100 g air dry of PH and mixed well before aerobic incubation for 21 days. Organic matter (OM) content of PH declined with increased levels of fermented sugar beet pulp inoculums, while crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), and ash increased. Fiber contents were decreased with both treatments of fermented sugar beet pulp and urea. Total N of PH increased with urea treatment, which reduced the true protein N to total protein N ratio. In sacco degradabilities of dry matter (DM), OM, and CP with urea treatment increased compared with fungal treatment. The DM intake of peanut hulls treated with fungus (PHF) was higher (P < 0.05) than with peanut hulls treated with urea (PHU). Digestibility of OM, CP, neutral detergent fiber, and non-fiber carbohydrate by native breed Ossimi sheep with PH were higher (P < 0.05) than with PH or urea treated PH. The intakes, losses, and balance of N increased (P < 0.01) with PHF versus PH feeding. Feeding PHF increased (P < 0.01) ruminal concentrations of NH3-N, acetic acid, butyric acid, and the acetic to propionic acid ratio. Bacterial and protozoal counts increased (P < 0.05) with feeding PHF or PHU versus PH. Overall, this fungal treatment of peanut hulls created a higher nutritive value feed for ruminants.

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Abbreviations

ADF:

Acid detergent fiber

CP:

Crude protein

DM:

Dry matter

EE:

Ether extract

NDF:

Neutral detergent fiber

OM:

Organic matter

PH:

Peanut hulls

PHF:

Peanut hulls treated with fungus

PHU:

Peanut hulls treated with urea

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  1. Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

    Fawzy M. Abo-Donia, Safa N. Abdel-Azim & N. A. M. Soliman

  2. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Estado de México, México

    Mona M. Y. Elghandour & Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem

  3. Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Fisiología y Mejoramiento Animal, INIFAP, Ajuchitlán, Querétaro, 76280, México

    Germán Buendía

  4. Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem

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Abo-Donia, F.M., Abdel-Azim, S.N., Elghandour, M.M.Y. et al. Feed intake, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation activities in sheep-fed peanut hulls treated with Trichoderma viride or urea. Trop Anim Health Prod 46, 221–228 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0479-z

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