Two tons of and chopped millet and sorghum straws have been treated with an urea solution at 5% (100 kg of straw, sprinkled with 50 lt. of solution). Treated straws were used as basic diet (900 g day) associated to 100 g of cotton cake for 24 growing Djallonke rams in comparison to non treated straws. Four groups of animals were fed for 98 days with: urea treated sorghum (UTSS), not treated sorghum straw (NTSS), treated millet (UTMS), non treated millet straw (NTMS). Treated straws presented an increase of NDF of about 9%, of total nitrogen from 2 to 3 times while digestibility of dry matter increased respectively by 8,8% and 23,0% respectively in treated sorghum and millet. Also dry matter intake increased by 4,5% and 15,5% for treated sorghum and millet respectively compared to non treated. Mean weekly weight gain were significantly higher (P<0.05) for UTSS e UTMS compared to NTSS e NTMS. While the weekly weight gain, did not differed between UTSS vs. UTMS and NTSS vs. NTMS. At the end of the trial UTSS and UTMS group had a weight gain of 40.0% and 38.7%, of their mean initial weight; while both NTSS and NTMS gained respectively 31.1% and 29.5% of the initial weight.

Effect of urea treatment on the nutritive value of local sorghum and millet straw: a comparative study on growing performance of Djallonke rams

MATTONI, Mario;SCHIAVONE, Achille;TARANTOLA, Martina;DE MENEGHI, Daniele
2007-01-01

Abstract

Two tons of and chopped millet and sorghum straws have been treated with an urea solution at 5% (100 kg of straw, sprinkled with 50 lt. of solution). Treated straws were used as basic diet (900 g day) associated to 100 g of cotton cake for 24 growing Djallonke rams in comparison to non treated straws. Four groups of animals were fed for 98 days with: urea treated sorghum (UTSS), not treated sorghum straw (NTSS), treated millet (UTMS), non treated millet straw (NTMS). Treated straws presented an increase of NDF of about 9%, of total nitrogen from 2 to 3 times while digestibility of dry matter increased respectively by 8,8% and 23,0% respectively in treated sorghum and millet. Also dry matter intake increased by 4,5% and 15,5% for treated sorghum and millet respectively compared to non treated. Mean weekly weight gain were significantly higher (P<0.05) for UTSS e UTMS compared to NTSS e NTMS. While the weekly weight gain, did not differed between UTSS vs. UTMS and NTSS vs. NTMS. At the end of the trial UTSS and UTMS group had a weight gain of 40.0% and 38.7%, of their mean initial weight; while both NTSS and NTMS gained respectively 31.1% and 29.5% of the initial weight.
2007
XVii Congresso ASPA Alghero
Alghero, (ITALY)
Ma y 29 -June 01
6 Supplement 1
318
320
http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/ijas.2007.1s.318
Africa; sheep; straw; urea
M. MATTONI; A. SCHIAVONE; M. TARANTOLA; G. LADETTO; D. DE MENEGHI, A.B.KANWE
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