Track 2-1-1: Grazing Systems, Grassland Restoration and Livestock Production
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Publication Date
2015
Location
New Delhi, India
Description
Recent studies have shown that it is possible to obtain well-fermented silages from tropical legumes (Heinritz et al., 2012). Souza et al. (2014) concluded that Stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande silage (StS); (Stylosantes capitata + S. macrocephala), when included in the proportion of 50% dietary dry matter (DM), could replace corn silage in diets of feedlot beef cattle without altering intake and performance.
However, there is a lack of information about increasing proportion of StS that should be included in diets for beef cattle. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the intake and digestibility of nutrients, and ruminal fermentation of beef cattle fed diets with Stylosanthes and concentrate in different levels.
Citation
da Silva, Thiago C.; Amaro, Felipe Xavier; Pereira, Odilon G.; Amaro, Felipe X.; Duarte, Paula G. F.; Rufino, Leidy D. A.; Corrêa, Augusto M.; Ribeiro, Karina G.; and de C. Valadares Filho, Sebastião, "Stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande in Diets of Beef Cattle: Intake and Digestibility of Nutrients and Ruminal Fermentation" (2015). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 5.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/23/2-1-1/5)
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Stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande in Diets of Beef Cattle: Intake and Digestibility of Nutrients and Ruminal Fermentation
New Delhi, India
Recent studies have shown that it is possible to obtain well-fermented silages from tropical legumes (Heinritz et al., 2012). Souza et al. (2014) concluded that Stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande silage (StS); (Stylosantes capitata + S. macrocephala), when included in the proportion of 50% dietary dry matter (DM), could replace corn silage in diets of feedlot beef cattle without altering intake and performance.
However, there is a lack of information about increasing proportion of StS that should be included in diets for beef cattle. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the intake and digestibility of nutrients, and ruminal fermentation of beef cattle fed diets with Stylosanthes and concentrate in different levels.
