Título:	Effect of palm kernel cake supplementation on voluntary feed intake, in situ rumen degradability and performance in Buffaloes in the Eastern Amazon.
Autoria:	AMARAL-JÚNIOR, J. M. do MORAIS, E. de LIMA, A. C. S. MARTORANO, L. G. NAHUM, B. de S. SOUSA, L. F. LOURENÇO-JUNIOR, J. de B. RODRIGUES, T. C. G. de C. SILVA, J. A. R. da SILVA, A. L. da C. SILVA, A. G. N. e.
Afiliação:	JOÃO MARIA DO AMARAL-JÚNIOR, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO AMAPÁ; EZIQUIEL DE MORAIS, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO PARÁ; ALYNE CRISTINA SODRÉ LIMA, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO AMAPÁ; LUCIETA GUERREIRO MARTORANO, CPATU; BENJAMIM DE SOUZA NAHUM, CPATU; LUCIANO FERNANDES SOUSA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS; JOSÉ DE BRITO LOURENÇO-JÚNIOR, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ; THOMAZ CYRO GUIMARÃES DE CARVALHO RODRIGUES, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ; JAMILE ANDRÉA RODRIGUES DA SILVA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA; ARTUR LUIZ DA COSTA SILVA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ; ANDRÉ GUIMARÃES MACIEL E SILVA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ.
Ano de publicação:	2023
Referência:	Animals, v. 13, n. 5, Article 934, 2023.
Conteúdo:	The objective was to evaluate the effects of palm kernel cake (PKC) supplementation on voluntary feed intake, in situ rumen degradability and performance in the wettest (WS?January to June) and less rainy seasons (LR?July to December) in the eastern Amazon. A total of 52 crossbred buffaloes that were neither lactating nor gestating were used, with 24 for the LR, aged 34 ± 04 months and an initial average weight of 503 ± 48 kg, and 24 for the WS aged 40 ± 04 months with an average weight of 605 ± 56 kg. The four treatments (levels of PKC in relation to body weight) were distributed in a completely randomized design, with 0% (PKC0), 0.25% (PKC0.2), 0.5% (PKC0.5) and 1% (PKC1) with six repetitions. The animals were housed in Marandu grass paddocks, intermittently, with access to water and mineral mixture ad libitum. Degradability was evaluated by the in situ bag technique in four other crossbred buffaloes with rumen cannulae, in a 4 × 4 Latin square (four periods and four treatments). The inclusion of PKC increased supplement consumption and production of ether extracts and reduced the intake of forage and non-fibrous carbohydrates. The dry matter degradability of Marandu grass was not affected; however, the fermentation kinetics in neutral detergent fiber (NDF) differed between the treatments. The co-product dry matter colonization time was greater in PKC1 and the highest effective degradability rates were from PKC0, but the productive performance of the animals was not influenced. Supplementation of buffaloes with PKC is recommended for up to 1% of body weight.
NAL Thesaurus:	Oilseeds Nutrition Buffaloes Weight gain
Digital Object Identifier:	https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050934
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATU)