Original scientific paper
THE EFFECT OF FEEDING FREQUENCY ON AD LIBITUM INTAKE AND IN VIVO DIGESTIBILITY OF ALFALFA HAYLAGE IN WETHER SHEEP
Marina Vranić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-0116
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
M. Knežević
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Krešimir Bošnjak
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Goran Perčulija
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Hrvoje Kutnjak
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josip Leto
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivana Oslovčan
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Martina Mataković
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The objective of the research was to determine the effect of the feeding frequency on alfalfa dry matter (DM) ad libitum intake and in vivo digestibility in wether sheep. Wethers were fed 80 grams of DM d-1 kg-1 metabolic liveweight (M0.75) in 1,2, 4 or 8 meals d-1. Alfalfa haylage contained 423 g DM kg-1 fresh sample, 168 g CP kg-1 DM, 492 g neutral detergent fibre (NDF) kg-1 DM. The frequency of feeding have no effect on fresh matter ad libitum intake (g d-1) (P>0,05), on DM intake (g d-1) neither on DM digestibility (g kg-1). The feeding frequency of 1x d-1 and 8x d-1 increased DM intake (g kg-1 M0,75) (P<0.05) in comparison with the feeding frequency of 2x d-1 and 4x d-1.
Keywords
feeding frequency; alfalfa haylage; dry matter; intake; in vivo digestibility
Hrčak ID:
77986
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Publication date:
20.2.2012.
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