In sacco degradation of Tephrosia candida and Leucaena leucocephala in mixtures with Panicum maximum using fistulated West African dwarf sheep | Zendy

J. A. Odedire | Zendy

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In sacco degradation of Tephrosia candida and Leucaena leucocephala in mixtures with Panicum maximum using fistulated West African dwarf sheep

Author(s) -

J. A. Odedire

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of cell and animal biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1996-0867

DOI - 10.5897/jcab12.061

Subject(s) - leucaena leucocephala , panicum , rumen , zoology , biology , agronomy , food science , fermentation

An experiment was conducted to compare the utilization of Tephrosia candida and Leucaena leucocephala in mixtures with Panicum maximum as feed for small ruminants, using the artificial bag technique of feed evaluation. Three West African dwarf (WAD) sheep with rumen cannula were used for the experiment. T. candida was formulated into diets with P. maximum as diets A, B and C while L. leucocephala was formulated into diets with P. maximum as diets D, E and F in the ratio 3:1, 1:1 and 1:3 respectively for both legumes. The degradation characteristics indicated L. leucocephala – based diets as being more (P < 0.05) degradable in the rumen than the T. candida – based diets, with diet D having the highest potential degradability (a+b) value. Key words: Artificial bag technique, degradation characteristics, feed, small ruminants.

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