Impact of Maturity and Variety on Nutritive Value and In Situ Digestion Kinetics of Maize (Zea Mays) in Nili Ravi Buffalo Bulls

Authors

  • Rana Muhammad Bilal Deparment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Taquir Ali Nasir Department of Animal Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Faisal Ashfaq Department of Animal Genomics and Biotechnology, National Agriculture Research Council (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Asim Faraz Department of Livestock & Poultry Production, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • Majed Rafeeq Center for Advance Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology (CASVAB), University of Balochistan Quetta
  • Babar Hilal Ahmad Abbasi Center for Advance Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology (CASVAB), University of Balochistan Quetta
  • Abdul Hamid Khan Livestock and Dairy Development Department Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
  • Kashif Yameen Departemnt of Poultry Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Hafiz Asad Ullah Sajid Deparment of Botany Faculty of Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Essa Kakar Disease Investigation Laboratory, Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
  • Abdul Saboor Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31580/pjmls.v4i4.1051

Keywords:

Buffalo, Digestion kinetics, Digestibility, Dry matter, Maize forages

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to evaluate the nutritive profile and the in situ digestion kinetics of three maize forage varieties (Sadaf, Sultan and Sadaf white) harvested at 35 and 60 days of age following the completely randomized experimental design with 3x2 factorial arrangements of the treatments. After the harvesting of fodder was chopped and the experimental samples were dried in hot air oven and ground to 2mm size in a Willey mill. Samples were examined for (DM, CP, NDF, ADF, ADL, cellulose and hemi cellulose) contents by standard procedures. The in situ digestion kinetics of three maize forage varieties for DM and NDF was performed in three Nili-Ravi bulls fitted with fistula. The bags were subjected to fermentation in the rumen for 0, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 and 96 hours. Upon removing from the rumen, the contents in the bags were subjected to analysis for proximate & fiber composition. Dry matter and NDF digestibility, rate and extent of DM and NDF disappearance decreased as maize fodder matured. The in situ DM and NDF disappearance was similar for all the varieties, but it was decreased with the plant being more mature. The early harvested varieties of the fodder had a shorter (P<0.05) lag time for DM and NDF than the later ones.

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2021-12-31

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2021): Published: 31 December, 2021

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