Cassava defoliation and foliage in cattle feeding
1997
Salces, C.B. | Salces, A.J. | Malaran, M.G.
A study was conducted on the utilization of cassava foliage (CSF) as feed to cattle without affecting cassava tuber yield as defoliation rate increases. It aims to determine the foliage and tuber production of cassava at different cutting frequencies, and the feeding value and performance of cattle fed with CSF. Three levels of percent defoliation: 25, 50, and 75 were used in this study. Findings showed that an increased in foliage production was more apparent at 50 percent defoliation. An increased in percentage defoliation showed linear increase (P0.05) in tuber yield production. This indicates that cassava defoliation for cattle feeding does not have any adverse effect on tuber production. Cattle fed with CSF showed positive acceptability with an average daily gain of 51.7 percent. As base feed for cattle, CSF had a higher crude protein content (16.48 percent) compared with signal grass (7.8 percent). Dry matter digestibility was high at 62.95 percent
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