Nutrient content and in Vitro dry matter digestibility of silages made from various grain sorghum cultivars

Lema, M.; Felix, A.; Salako, S.; Cebert, E.; Bishnoi, U. . Department of Food and Animal Sciences

Nutrient content and in Vitro dry matter digestibility of silages made from various grain sorghum cultivars

2001

Lema, M. | Felix, A. | Salako, S. | Cebert, E. | Bishnoi, U. (Alabama A & M University, Normal (USA). Department of Food and Animal Sciences)

Lema, M., Felix, A., Salako, S., Cebert, E. and Bishnoi. U. 2001. Nutrient content and in vitro dry matter digestibility of silages made from various grain sorghum cultivars. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 19: 129-136. In the tropics, gram sorghum is an important grain and forage crop. Silages made from eleven grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] varieties were studied to determine the effect of grain sorghum variety on nutrient content and in vitro dry matter-digestibility (IVDMD). Results from silage analysis revealed significant (P0.05) varietal differences in crude protein (CP), Ca, P, Mg, K, Na, gross energy (GE), ash, neutral-detergent fiber (NDF), acid-detergent lignin (ADL), cellulose, hemicellulose contents and IVDMD among grain sorghum varieties.

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