Safety of ensiling poultry litter with sugar cane tops
2008
Chaudhry, S.M. (The Islamia Univ. of Bahawalpur (Pakistan). Univ. Coll. of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) | Naseer, Z. (College of Nursing, National Guard (Jeddah). Dept. of Basic Sciences)
An experiment was conducted to consider the possibility of ensiling sugarcane tops with or without poultry litter. Sugarcane top was ensiled alone or with poultry litter in the ratio of 100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30 and 40:60 dry bases respectively. Each mixture was prepared by weighing known amount of each component for the respective mixture. Silos were prepared by firmly packing the respective treatment into 1 kg capacity plastic bucket, double lined with polyethylene bags. After 45 days, silages were opened; all silages had desirable aromas and no mould growth was observed. Addition of broiler litter to sugarcane tops increased (P less than 0.05) crude protein and ash contents linearly from 5.8 to 14.8%, dry basis. Low pH for all the silages (4.65 to 3.75) and higher concentration of lactic acid (3.25 to 11.24, dry basis) indicated completion of desirable fermentation. Results indicated that ensiling is effective and feasible way of the eliminating pathogenic organism present in the poultry waste. It ma be concluded from the present study that poultry litter and sugarcane tops can be ensiled safely for feeding ruminants.
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