Effect of rough sources in finishing molasses based diets on growth rate and feed utilisation of cattle
2004
Vu Chi Cuong | Dang Vu Hoa | Vu Van Noi | Graeme MC Crabb | Pham Kim Cuong | Nguyen Thanh Trung
One experiment aiming at evaluating two diets containing 48 percent(dry matter)molasses for finishing beef cattle, and comparing them with a traditional feeding systems used in Vietnam was undertaken. Eighteen Laisind cattle (Vietnamese Yellow cattle x Red Sind)cattle, at 18 months of age and weighing 176 + 4kg, were individually housed and fed on one of the three diets during 90 days. The control diet comprised freshly harvested Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpuseum), maize meal, rice bran and rice straw. The two molasses - based diets were formulated to contain 14 percent crude protein, and on a dry matter basis contained 48 percent sugarcane molasses, 26 percent roughage, 19 percent ground whole cotton seed, 5 percent ground nut cake, 1 percent urea and 1 percent vitamin/mineral premix. The roughage component included in the two molasses - based diets was either chopped Pangola grass or (PHM)or chopped rice straw (RSM). Feed intake (g DM/kg live weight gain for cattle fed the PHM diet was higher (p0.05)than for cattle fed the molasses - based diets was lower (p0.01), and dry matter digestibility was higher (p0.05)than the traditional Vietnamese finishing system. To conclude the intensive feeding of Laisind cattle on diets containing 49 percent molasses were associated with acceptable levels of beef production.
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