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Effect of energy supplementation on intake, digestibility of diets and performance of grazing lambs during the rainy season

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This study aimed to evaluate different energy sources in multiple supplements on performance, intake, and digestibility of Santa Ines sheep grazing urochloa grass (Urochloa mosambicensis) during the rainy season. The experimental area was divided into seven paddocks of 4 ha each, with an average of dry matter (DM) availability of 3.21 tn/ha. A completely randomized design was carried out, in which there were four treatments, and each treatment was repeated six times. Twenty-four intact lambs (average: 32.0 kg of body weight) were supplemented with a mineral mixture, the control group (MM), mesquite pod meal (MPM), wheat bran (WB), or sorghum grain (SG) as energy sources. The digestibility of DM and crude protein (CP) in MPM and WB is higher than that in MM and SG groups. Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility was similar between supplemented lambs, and it was higher than the MM. The supplementation promoted higher weight gain than in the control group (0.126 vs. 0.061 g/day, respectively; P < 0.001). The supplementation increased the DM, and CP intake. The NDF intake only increased in the WB group. The CP digestibility was higher for the MPM and WB groups than that for MM and SG ones (P < 0.001). Sheep supplementation in the rainy season increased the average daily gain (ADG). Any supplement tested in the present study can be used during the rainy season. The choice for the supplement will depend on the availability and costs of the mesquite pod meal, sorghum grain, or wheat bran.

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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due security reasons of not making public data that generated the manuscript but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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The authors would like to thank the Palmares, located at Macarani, BA, Brazil, farm to provide the area and the animals and the Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, located at Itapetinga, BA, Brazil, to provide the laboratory to perform the chemical analysis.

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    Abias Santos Siva, Marcio dos Santos Pedreira, Herymá Giovane de Oliveira Silva, Antônio Amandio Pinto Garcia Junior, Paulo José Presídio Almeida & Leone Campos Rocha

  2. Departamento de Nutrição Animal e Forragem, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23.897-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil

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ASS contributed with new methods or models, wrote the paper, and analyzed data; MSP conceived of or designed study; HGOS designed the study and read and approved the paper; AAPGJ contributed new methods; PJPA conducted the study; LCR analyzed data; JD read, approved, and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Siva, A.S., dos Santos Pedreira, M., de Oliveira Silva, H.G. et al. Effect of energy supplementation on intake, digestibility of diets and performance of grazing lambs during the rainy season. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 67 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03049-2

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