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Intake, digestibility and performance of lambs fed diets containing peach palm meal

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the intake and apparent digestibility of nutrients, performance, and plasma glucose concentration of ram lambs fed diets containing peach palm meal substituting maize (0, 10, 40, 60, and 85 % dry matter (DM)). Thirty Santa Inês rams with an average initial body weight of 21.6 ± 0.87 kg were distributed in a completely randomized design with five diets and six replicates. The substitution of the maize for the peach palm meal affected (P < 0.05) the intakes of DM, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (NDFap), total carbohydrates (TC), total digestible nutrients (TDN), and metabolizable energy (ME), which decreased linearly (P < 0.05); the intake of ether extract (EE), however, fit an increasing linear equation (P < 0.05). The apparent digestibility coefficients of DM, OM, NDFap, and TC decreased linearly (P < 0.05) as the level of peach palm meal in the concentrate was increased. The total weight gain and the average daily gain decreased by 0.09 and 0.001 kg with each level of substitution of the maize for peach palm meal, respectively. It is recommended to substitute 40 % of the maize for peach palm meal.

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The authors would like to thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia—FAPESB, for the financial support granted for the project.

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  1. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil

    Alana Batista dos Santos, Mara Lúcia Albuquerque Pereira, Herymá Giovane de Oliveira Silva, Taiala Cristina de Jesus Pereira, Larisse Borges Sousa, Leandro Borges Sousa & Daiane de Oliveira Alencar

  2. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Ademar de Barros, 500, Ondina, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho

  3. Instituto Federal Baiano—IF BAIANO, Campus Uruçuca, Rua Dr. João Nascimento, S/N, Centro, Uruçuca, BA, Brazil

    Leandro Sampaio Oliveira Ribeiro

  4. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Bairro Salobrinho, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil

    José Augusto Gomes Azevêdo

  5. Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira, Rodovia BR 415, km 22, S/N, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil

    Maria das Graças Conceição Parada Costa Silva

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dos Santos, A.B., Pereira, M.L.A., de Oliveira Silva, H.G. et al. Intake, digestibility and performance of lambs fed diets containing peach palm meal. Trop Anim Health Prod 48, 509–515 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0982-5

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