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Ensiling fruit and vegetable
residues as ruminants feed |
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K. Karkoodi* and
S.
A. Ghaffari |
Department of Animal Science, Saveh Branch, Islamic
Azad
University, Saveh, Iran |
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Abstract |
The present study was carried out
to assess the ensiling possibility of fruit and vegetable residues
(FVR),
collected from Central Terminal of Karaj with the
treatments comprised of 25, 30, 35 and 40% of DM (a mixture of fruit and
vegetable and wheat straw) and each of them was mixed with 0, 2 and 4%
of sugar beet molasses respectively. This study was carried out in 4×3
factorial designs,
involving four levels of dry matter and three levels
of molasses.
The apparent evaluation showed
that silages were scored from 5.3 to
16.68 (out of 20) and significant (P<0.05)
differences were found among these treatments. The pH values ranged from
4.22 to 5.33 and DM content was between 25.2 and 42%, in
addition, there were significant (P<0.05) differences in pH
and DM.
Also, some changes (P<0.05) in the content of
OM, Ash, total N, ammonia N, ammonia N ratio to total N, VFA and in
vitro digestibility were detected among these treatments.
We concluded that the silage
contained 35% of DM and 4% of molasses was a superior treatment for
ensiling of FVS. |
Keywords:
Fruit and vegetable residues;
silage characteristics; In vitro
digestibility |
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To cite this article:
Karkoodi K and
SA Ghaffari,
2012.
Ensiling fruit and vegetable residues as ruminants feed.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci.,
2(6), 397-101. |
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