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Silage or fresh by-product of peach palm as roughage in the feeding of lambs

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The objective of this study was to evaluate intake and apparent digestibility of agro-industrial by-product of peach palm in diets for lambs. Twenty castrated, crossbred Santa Ines lambs, with average age of 150 days and body weight of 22.4 ± 3.4 kg, were distributed in a completely randomized design with four experimental diets composed of the following: fresh by-product of peach palm enriched with urea + ammonia sulfate (FU); fresh peach palm by-product + concentrate (FP); silage of peach palm by-product + concentrate (SP); and silage of peach palm by-product enriched with 15 % of cornmeal + concentrate (SPC). Intake was recorded daily, and the digestibility coefficients were estimated with the internal marker indigestible acid detergent fiber (iADF). Diet FU resulted in the lowest intake and digestibility of the nutrients evaluated. Animals receiving diet FP showed higher intakes of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), total digestible nutrients (TDN), and digestible energy (DE) in relation to animals fed diets SP and SPC. Diets SP and SPC showed higher coefficients of digestibility of DM, OM, CP, and NDF than diet FP. Diet SP reduced the intakes of DM, OM, ether extract (EE), non-fibrous carbohydrate (NFC), TDN, and DE and the digestibility coefficients of DM, OM, and NFC as compared with diet SPC. Feedlot lambs fed a diet with fresh peach palm by-product + concentrate (diet FP) have higher nutrient intake.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (MCT/CNPq—Process no. 470836/2012-1), Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia.

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  1. Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

    Ícaro dos Santos Cabral

  2. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

    José Augusto Gomes Azevêdo & Gisele Andrade de Oliveira

  3. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Itapetinga, Bahia, Brazil

    Flávio Moreira de Almeida, Lígia Lins Souza & Carlos Alberto Alves de Oliveira Filho

  4. EMBRAPA Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Pereira

  5. EMBRAPA Semi-Árido, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo

  6. Instituto Federal Baiano, Santa Inês, Bahia, Brazil

    Abdon Santos Nogueira

  7. Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Educação e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Estrada Parintins-Macurany, n° 1805, Jacareacanga, 69152-240, Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

    Ícaro dos Santos Cabral

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dos Santos Cabral, Í., Azevêdo, J.A.G., de Almeida, F.M. et al. Silage or fresh by-product of peach palm as roughage in the feeding of lambs. Trop Anim Health Prod 47, 525–531 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0756-0

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