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Oat Hay Apparent Digestibility, Rumen Ammonia Nitrogen and Bun in Goats Supplemented with Fermented Molasses-Poultry Litter
J. Santos Serrato-Corona, Juan Isidro Sanchez Duarte, Manuel Murillo Ortiz and Edmundo Castellanos Perez

Abstract: The study was conducted to determine oat hay apparent digestibility, blood urea nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen in goats supplemented with fermented molasses-poultry litter. About 20 young Alpine Frances goats with 16.6±1.8 kg initial body weight were used. Goats were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatments in a complete randomize design. The evaluated treatments were oat hay (C); oat hay plus 150 g of Molasses-Poultry litter-Soybean Meal mix (MPSM); oat hay plus 150 g of Molasses-Poultry litter-Wheat Meddling mix (MPWM) and oat hay plus 150 g of Molasses-Poultry litter-Sorghum Grain mix (MPSG). Supplements and basal diet (oat hay) were individually fed. Apparent digestibility of DM, OM, NDF, ADF and N were determined. Blood urea nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen were also determined. Feed intake was higher (p = 0.0001) in supplemented goats compared to goats in the control group. Supplemented goats consumed more DM than those in the control group (p = 0.0003). Dry matter retention was not affected by supplementation (p = 0.11). Organic dry matter tended to increase (p = 0.08) in supplemented goats. Supplemented goats retained more nitrogen (p = 0.0001) than those in the control group with values of 6.37, 10.43, 8.59 and 8.00 g day-1 for treatments C, MPSM, MPWM and MPSG, respectively. The concentration of N-NH3 in rumen fluid tended to increase (p = 0.08) as the quantity of nitrogen in the supplement increase. The results shows that supplementation with molasses-poultry litter plus soybean meal, wheat middlings or sorghum grain can increase feed intake and nitrogen retention in growing goats fed oat hay.

How to cite this article
J. Santos Serrato-Corona, Juan Isidro Sanchez Duarte, Manuel Murillo Ortiz and Edmundo Castellanos Perez, 2011. Oat Hay Apparent Digestibility, Rumen Ammonia Nitrogen and Bun in Goats Supplemented with Fermented Molasses-Poultry Litter. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 10: 808-812.

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