Effects of inclusion levels of banana (Musa spp.) peelings on feed degradability and rumen environment of cattle fed basal elephant grass

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dc.contributor.authorNambi-Kasozi, Justine
dc.contributor.authorNyambobo Sabiiti, Elly
dc.contributor.authorBudara Bareeba, Felix
dc.contributor.authorSporndly, Eva
dc.contributor.authorKabi, Fred
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-09T20:04:47Z
dc.date.available2022-12-09T20:04:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe effect of feeding varying banana peeling (BP) levels on rumen environment and feed degradation characteristics was evaluated using three rumen fistulated steers in four treatments. The steers were fed BP at 0, 20, 40, and 60 % levels of the daily ration with basal elephant grass (EG) to constitute four diets. Maize bran, cotton seed cake, and Gliricidia sepium were offered to make the diets iso-nitrogenous. The nylon bag technique was used to measure BP and EG dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradabilities at 0, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h. Rumen fluid samples were collected to determine pH and volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations. Effective DM, CP, and NDF degradabilities of BP ranged between 574 and 807, 629–802, and 527–689 g/kg, respectively, being lower at higher BP levels. Elephant grass degradability behaved similarly with relatively high effective CP degradability (548– 569 g/kg) but low effective DM and NDF degradability (381–403 and 336–373 g/kg, respectively). Rumen pH and VFA reduced with increasing BP in the diets. Rumen pH dropped to 5.8 and 5.9 at the 40 and 60 % BP feeding levels, respectively. Banana peelings were better degraded than EG but higher BP levels negatively affected feed degradability and rumen environment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNambi-Kasozi, J., Sabiiti, E. N., Bareeba, F. B., Sporndly, E., & Kabi, F. (2016). Effects of inclusion levels of banana (Musa spp.) peelings on feed degradability and rumen environment of cattle fed basal elephant grass. Tropical animal health and production, 48(4), 693-698. DOI 10.1007/s11250-016-0999-4en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s11250-016-0999-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6127
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTropical animal health and productionen_US
dc.subjectBanana peelingsen_US
dc.subjectDegradabilityen_US
dc.subjectElephant grassen_US
dc.subjectRumen pHen_US
dc.subjectVolatile fatty acidsen_US
dc.titleEffects of inclusion levels of banana (Musa spp.) peelings on feed degradability and rumen environment of cattle fed basal elephant grassen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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