ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Chemical Properties, Ruminal Fermentation, Gas Production and Digestibility of Silages Composed of Spineless Cactus and Tropical Forage Plants for Sheep Feeding.
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- Comparative effect of feeding Tifton 85 hay and Pornunça hay as roughage on the performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of feedlot lambs.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Fermentation quality, microbial dynamics, and rumen degradability of total mixed ration silages containing Manihot sp' foliage.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Effects of Partial Replacement of Alfalfa Hay with Alfalfa Silage in Dairy Cows: Impacts on Production Performance and Rumen Microbiota.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Activity of Different Types of Cactus Forage on Testicular Function and Morphology of Sheep Subjected to Environmental Heat Stress.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim was to evaluate the chemical composition, carbohydrates, protein fractionation and in vitro gas production of silages composed of spineless cactus and tropical forages and their effect on sheep performance. Treatments consisted of silages: corn silage (CS), spineless cactus silage (SCS), spineless cactus + gliricidia (SCG), spineless cactus + buffel grass silage (SCBG) and spineless cactus + pornunça (SCP). Silos were opened 60 days after ensiling, and analyses were carried out. The digestibility test lasted for 36 days, with eight animals per treatment. A completely randomized design was adopted. Considering carbohydrate fractionation, CS, SCS and SCBG silages had higher total carbohydrate content (
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