Combination of the underutilised legumes Canavalia ensiformis (L.) D.C. and Canavalia ensiformis (L.) D.C. with sorghum: integrated assessment of their potential as conserved ruminant feed
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
bean (VB) silage from Lima-Orozco et al. (2014) were used to assess the integration of agronomic considerations in an overall evaluation including biomass production, nutritive value and conservation quality. The metabolisable energy (ME) content of the combined sorghum-JB silages was 1.26 times greater than the ME content of pure sorghum silage supplemented with dry beans
from JB. Additionally a greater amount of protein digestible in the small intestine (dCPSI) was observed (62.9 vs 43.5 g/kg DM). It was concluded that the ME content and dCPSI of the sorghum- JB silages are 1.26 or 1.44 times higher than sorghum-JB silage or for pure sorghum silage supplemented with dry beans from
JB. Moreover, a much larger surface is required for the sorghum silage and dry JB alternative. Hence, combined sorghum-JBsilage seemed the best alternative studied here in terms of DM yield, dCPSI and ME supply.
Key words: sorghun, seasonal legumes, silage
Article Details
Those authors that have publications with this journal accept the following terms:
1. They will retain their copyright and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) that allows third parties to share the work whenever its author is indicated and its first publication this journal. Under this license the author will be free of:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
2. The authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements to distribute the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematics file or publish it in a monographic volume) whenever the initial publication is indicated in this journal.
3. The authors are allowed and recommended disseminating their work through the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematics archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase the citations of the published work. (See the Effect of open access).