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Effect of maize silage with berseem on the productive performance of dairy buffaloes [electronic resource].

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El Ashry, M. A

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Language: English Summary language: Arabic Description: p.25-36Other title:

تأثير استخدام سيلاج الذرة مع البرسيم على الأداء الإنتاجى للجاموس الحلاب [Added title page title]

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Egyptian journal of nutrition and feeds, 2003 v. 6(1) [electronic resource].

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In: Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds 2003.v6(1)Summary: This study was conducted to investigate the performance of lactating buffaloes as affected by inclusion of maize silage with berseem in their diets compared with feeding berseem alone in winter feeding. Twenty five lactating buffaloes with average body weight of 500 to 600 kg at their 2nd to 5th lactation were used after 6 weeks of calving for a 120 days experimental period. Buffaloes were divided into five similar groups 5 animals in each group. Rations were formulated on DM basis to contain different levels of wilting berseem (WB)in combination with concentrate feed mixture (CFM) and maize silage (MS) as follow: R₁ the control WB, R2-69.50% WB + 30.50% CFM, R₃ 52.60% WB + 47.40% CFM; R₃ 34.00% WB + 31.30% CFM + 34.70% MS and R₅ 36.30% WB + 49.60% CFM + 14.10 MS. Maize silage produced contained on DM basis 94.31 % OM, 8.72% CP, 2.34% EE, 19.22% CF, 64.03% NFE and 5.69% ash. Also, it has normal values of pH, lactic acid, total VFAs concentrate-on and has high content of TDN and DE (70.58% and 3111.9 kcal/kg DM) but low content of DCP (5.85%). On DM basis TDN and DE values were highly significant in maize silage containing rations (R₄ and R₅), while, the lowest value was recorded with wilting berseem R₁.Buffaloes fed the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th tested rations produced 10.39 kg/day (112.0%), 9.95 kg/day (107.2%), 10.64 kg/day (114.7%) and 10.89 kg (117.7%) 7% FCM, respectively compared with 9.28 kg/day (100%) of the control group. The fat, protein, lactose, solids not fat (SNF) and total solids (TS) contents of milk were significantly influenced by feeding tested rations. There were no significant differences among treatments in both feed efficiency and feed conversion values. Buffaloes fed wilting berseem milk production was the most profitable, from the economic point of view while the other tested rations showed nearly similar values. The feeding costs/kg 7% FCM were 34.98, 50.28, 54.88, 49.44 and 54.63 Pt, for groups 1,2,3,4 and 5, respectively.

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This study was conducted to investigate the performance of lactating buffaloes as affected by inclusion of maize silage with berseem in their diets compared with feeding berseem alone in winter feeding. Twenty five lactating buffaloes with average body weight of 500 to 600 kg at their 2nd to 5th lactation were used after 6 weeks of calving for a 120 days experimental period. Buffaloes were divided into five similar groups 5 animals in each group. Rations were formulated on DM basis to contain different levels of wilting berseem (WB)in combination with concentrate feed mixture (CFM) and maize silage (MS) as follow: R₁ the control WB, R2-69.50% WB + 30.50% CFM, R₃ 52.60% WB + 47.40% CFM; R₃ 34.00% WB + 31.30% CFM + 34.70% MS and R₅ 36.30% WB + 49.60% CFM + 14.10 MS. Maize silage produced contained on DM basis 94.31 % OM, 8.72% CP, 2.34% EE, 19.22% CF, 64.03% NFE and 5.69% ash. Also, it has normal values of pH, lactic acid, total VFAs concentrate-on and has high content of TDN and DE (70.58% and 3111.9 kcal/kg DM) but low content of DCP (5.85%). On DM basis TDN and DE values were highly significant in maize silage containing rations (R₄ and R₅), while, the lowest value was recorded with wilting berseem R₁.Buffaloes fed the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th tested rations produced 10.39 kg/day (112.0%), 9.95 kg/day (107.2%), 10.64 kg/day (114.7%) and 10.89 kg (117.7%) 7% FCM, respectively compared with 9.28 kg/day (100%) of the control group. The fat, protein, lactose, solids not fat (SNF) and total solids (TS) contents of milk were significantly influenced by feeding tested rations. There were no significant differences among treatments in both feed efficiency and feed conversion values. Buffaloes fed wilting berseem milk production was the most profitable, from the economic point of view while the other tested rations showed nearly similar values. The feeding costs/kg 7% FCM were 34.98, 50.28, 54.88, 49.44 and 54.63 Pt, for groups 1,2,3,4 and 5, respectively.

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