Cassava Tops Ensiled with or Without Molasses as Additive Effects on Quality, Feed Intake and Digestibility by Heifers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 624-630

  Van Man, Ngo ^a   Wiktorsson, Hans ^a,b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cassava Top Silage; Chemical Composition; Crossbred Heifer; Digestibility; Feed Intake; Molasses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035607404     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.624     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ahn J. H., R. Elliott and B. W. Norton. 1997. Oven Drying improves the nutritional value of Calliandra calothyrus and Gliricidia sepium as supplements for sheep given low quality straw. J. Sci. Food Agric. 75:503-510.
2. Allen, R. D. 1984. Feedstuffs ingredient analysis table (USA). pp. 25-30.
3. Aminah, A., C. Abu Bakar and A. Izham. 1999. Silages from Tropical Forages: Nutritional Quality and Milk Production. FAO Electronic Conference on Tropical Silage 1999. Rome.http://www.fao.org./
4. AOAC. 1984. Official methods of analysis. 12th Ed. Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, D.C.
5. Balogun, R. O., R. J. Jones and J. H. G. Holmes. 1998. Digestibility of some tropical browse species varying in tannin content. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 76:77-88.
6. Barry, T. N. and D. A. Forss. 1983. The condensed tannin content of vegetative Lotus pedunculatus, its regulation by fertiliser application, and effect upon protein solubility. J. Sci. Food and Agric. 34:1047-1056.
7. Butterworth, M. H. 1967. The digestible energy content of some tropical forages, J. Agric. Sci. Camb. 63: 319-321.
8. Clancy, M., P. J. Wangsness, and B. R. Baumgardt. 1977. Effect of conservation method on digestibility, nitrogen balance and intake of alfalfa. J. Dairy. Sci. 60(4):572-579.
9. Elgindi, I. M., M. A. Raafat and K. S. Mishriky. 1971. A study of HCN content in some fodder crops used in feeding animal United Arab Republic Journal of Animal Production. 1970, publ. 10:279-287.
10. FAO. Animal Feed Resources Information System Database. 1998. From the original book named Tropical Feeds by Bo Göhl, database by Andrew Speedy and Nick Waltham Version 8. Rome.http://www.fao.org/
11. FAOSTAT: Food and Agriculture. Organization Statistics, 1998. Rome.http://www.fao.org/
12. Goering, J. K. and P. J. Van Soest. 1970. Forage Fiber Analysis. Agricultural Hand Book No. 379. Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture, Washington DC. pp. 1-30.
13. Haigh, P. M. and J. W. G. Parker. 1985. Effect of silage additives and wilting on silage fermentation, digestibility and intake, and on live weight change of young cattle. Grass and Forage Science. 40:429-436.
14. Hang, D. T. 1998. Digestibility and nitrogen retention in fattening pigs fed different levels of ensiled cassava root as energy source. Livestock Research for Rural Development. 10(3).
15. Jarrige, R. 1989. Ruminant Nutrition: recommended allowances and feed tables. INRA, Paris.
16. Kim, H. 1999. Cassava cultivars selection results: Cassava variety KM98-1. IAS The 8th Cassava workshop proceeding, HCM city, Mar., 1999. 62-78.
17. Kumar, R. and J. P. F. DMello. 1995. Antinutritional factors in forage legumes. In: Tropical legumes in Animal Nutriton CAB International, Liem, D.T., B.X. AN, N.V. Man, N.V. Hao, D.D. Dong, B.H.N. Phuc, and N.P. Loc. 1998. (Ed. DMello, J. P. F., C. Devendra). Production of leaf meal from leguminous leaves. Agriculture and Food Industry, Journal of Science, Technology and Economic Management, ARDM, Hanoi 4-98, 144-146.
18. Lingvall, P. and B. Ericson. 1981. Dry matter determination of silage. (Mimeo. Swedish Univ. of Agric. Sci., dept. of Anim. Nutr., Report 45). Uppsala.
19. Lättemäe, P. 1997. Ensiling and Evaluation of Forage Crops. Dissertation, Swedish Univ. of Agri. Sci., report 32. Uppsala.
20. Madrid, J., F. Hermandez, M. A. Pulgar and J. M. Cid. 1997. In vivo digestibility of treated and untreated barley straw: results of direct and by-difference digestibility trials. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 65:129-138.
21. McDonald, R., R. A. Edwards and J. F. D. Greenhalgh. 1991. Animal Nutrition (4th edition). Longman Scientific & Technical, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
22. Merkel, R. C., K. R. Pond, J. C. Burns and D. S. Fisher. 1999. Intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilization of three tropical tree legumes. II As protein supplement. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 82:107-120.
23. MINITAB for windows. 1998. MINITAB release 12.21, Minitab Inc., 3081 Enterprise Drive, State College, PA 16801-3008, 814-238-3280, USA.
24. Patterson, H. D. and H. L. Lucas. 1962. Change-over Designs. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, USA. Tech. Bul. No. 147.
25. Pettersson, K. 1988. Ensiling of forages. Factors affecting silage fermentation and quality. Dissertation, Swedish Univ. of Agri. Sci., report 179. Uppsala.
26. Phuc, B. H. N., B. Ogle and J. E. Lindberg. 2000. Effect of replacing soybean protein with cassava leaf protein in cassava root meal based diets for growing pigs on digestibility and N retention. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 83:223-235.
27. Ravindran, V., A. S. B. Rajaguru. 1988. Effect of stem pruning on cassava root yield and leaf growth. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Science. (25)2:32-37.
28. Ravindran, V. 1990. Cassava leaf meal. In: Non-traditional Feed Resources for Use in Swine Production. (Ed. P. A. Thacker, R. N. Kirkwood). Butterworths, Boston. pp. 91-101.
29. Reed, J. D., H. Soller and A. Woodward. 1990. Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilization. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 30:39-50.
30. Van Soest, P. J. and L. B. Robertson. 1980.Systems of analysis for evaluating fibrous feeds. In: Standardization of Analytical Methodology for Feeds. (Ed. W. J. Pigden, C. C. Balch and M. Graham). Proceeding of a Workshop Help in Ottawa, Canada. pp. 49-60.
31. Wanapat, M., O. Pimpa, A. Petlum and U. Boontao. 1997. Cassava hay A new strategic feed for ruminants during the dry season. Livestock Research for Rural Development. 1997. 9(2).