Theme 3-2: Livestock Production Systems--Poster Sessions

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The present study was conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of mulberry leaves based apple pomace silage in Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. In the study, the silage was prepared by mixing of maize, apple pomace (AP) and mulberry leaves in ratios of 80:10:10 (T1), 70:20:10(T2) and 60:30:10 (T3), and mixing of apple pomace with wheat straw in the ratio of 85:15(T4), and the silage prepared by using 100 per cent chopped maize was taken as control. Silage bags were opened after a period of three months and the proportionate samples were drawn for nutritive analysis. The nutritive analysis of the silage samples revealed that the nutritional composition varied significantly on inclusion of apple pomace at 10, 20 and 30 per cent levels.

Inclusion of apple pomace to the silage at 10% (T1) resulted in comparatively better nutritive parameters than recorded in T2, T3 and T4. The inclusion of apple pomace increased the silage CP in T1 (8.73%), T2 (8.37) and T3 (8.83%) compared to maize silage alone control (7.35%). The inclusion of apple pomace at 10, 20 and 30 % in T1, T2 and T3 respectively reduced the CF content to 25.67%, 22.72% and 21.53 % while the control had a CF content of 26.36%. AIA content decreased with the increase in the apple pomace content to 10, 20 and 30% in T1 (1.55%), T2 (1.35%) and T3 (1.25%) although the control with 100% maize silage was recorded to have the lowest AIA content with 1.04% suggesting that the silage was more digestible and high in minerals. Increasing apple pomace content in the silage at 10, 20 and 30 per cent resulted in the significant decrease in the pH, DM, CP, EE, CF, NDF, ADF, TA and AIA. The inclusion of apple pomace at 10% can be successively utilized in animal feeding for obtaining optimum yield and production.

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Nutritive Evaluation of Mulberry Leaves Based Apple Pomace Silage

The present study was conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of mulberry leaves based apple pomace silage in Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. In the study, the silage was prepared by mixing of maize, apple pomace (AP) and mulberry leaves in ratios of 80:10:10 (T1), 70:20:10(T2) and 60:30:10 (T3), and mixing of apple pomace with wheat straw in the ratio of 85:15(T4), and the silage prepared by using 100 per cent chopped maize was taken as control. Silage bags were opened after a period of three months and the proportionate samples were drawn for nutritive analysis. The nutritive analysis of the silage samples revealed that the nutritional composition varied significantly on inclusion of apple pomace at 10, 20 and 30 per cent levels.

Inclusion of apple pomace to the silage at 10% (T1) resulted in comparatively better nutritive parameters than recorded in T2, T3 and T4. The inclusion of apple pomace increased the silage CP in T1 (8.73%), T2 (8.37) and T3 (8.83%) compared to maize silage alone control (7.35%). The inclusion of apple pomace at 10, 20 and 30 % in T1, T2 and T3 respectively reduced the CF content to 25.67%, 22.72% and 21.53 % while the control had a CF content of 26.36%. AIA content decreased with the increase in the apple pomace content to 10, 20 and 30% in T1 (1.55%), T2 (1.35%) and T3 (1.25%) although the control with 100% maize silage was recorded to have the lowest AIA content with 1.04% suggesting that the silage was more digestible and high in minerals. Increasing apple pomace content in the silage at 10, 20 and 30 per cent resulted in the significant decrease in the pH, DM, CP, EE, CF, NDF, ADF, TA and AIA. The inclusion of apple pomace at 10% can be successively utilized in animal feeding for obtaining optimum yield and production.