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ArticleTropical animal health and production2026

Inclusion of butterfly pea hay in corn silage (with or without cobs) increases nutrient intake and carcass weight in lambs.

Bruno Augusto de Souza Almeida, Fabio Andrade Teixeira, Timóteo Silva Dos Santos Nunes, Glayciane Costa Gois, Salete Alves de Moraes, Lucas Oliveira Reis, Ery Jonhons Nascimento Ramos, Arquinor Conceição Rodrigues, Daniel Ribeiro Menezes, Elisvaldo José Silva Alencar and 4 more

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Bruno Augusto de Souza AlmeidaUniversidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia -Itapetinga, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
Fabio Andrade TeixeiraUniversidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia -Itapetinga, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
Timóteo Silva Dos Santos NunesUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Glayciane Costa GoisUniversidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia - Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil.
Salete Alves de MoraesEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Lucas Oliveira ReisUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Ery Jonhons Nascimento RamosUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Arquinor Conceição RodriguesUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Daniel Ribeiro MenezesUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Elisvaldo José Silva AlencarUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Adeilson de Melo SilvaUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Rafael Torres de Souza RodriguesUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Tiago BresolinDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Mário Adriano Ávila QueirozUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, Brazil. mario.queiroz@univasf.edu.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-5273

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Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of mixed corn silages, with and without commercially viable cobs, combined with butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) hay on intake, digestibility, water balance, nitrogen balance, and carcass characteristics of lambs. Twenty crossbred intact male lambs (18.0 ± 4.8 kg body weight) were distributed in a randomized complete block design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement and five replicates per treatment. Treatments consisted of corn silage with cobs (CSC), CSC plus butterfly pea hay (BH), corn silage without cobs (CSWC), and CSWC plus BH. Butterfly pea hay inclusion increased dry matter intake (P < 0.001), crude protein digestibility (P = 0.006), nitrogen absorption (P = 0.006), hot carcass weight (P = 0.011), and cold carcass weight (P = 0.009). Corn cobs improved starch digestibility (P = 0.015), water balance (P = 0.021), and hot carcass yield (P = 0.021). Average daily gain was not significantly affected, although a numerical increase was observed in lambs fed diets containing BH (P = 0.062). The inclusion of butterfly pea hay improved nutrient utilization and carcass weight, while the maintenance of corn cobs enhanced starch utilization and water balance in lambs fed corn silage-based diets.

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Animal FeedSheep, DomesticSilageZea maysAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsBody WeightDietDigestionEatingMaleRandom AllocationCrude proteinForage conservationIntakeStarchWeight gain

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PMCPMC13623800

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