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Comparative Feeding Value of Green Sorghum and Hybrid Napier (NB-21) Silage as Basal Forage in Crossbred Cows.

V.C. Pachauri, A. Rekib

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Sorghum (Sorghum vufare) and Hybrrd Napier (Pannicum purpurium) were grown under annual and perennial fodder production systems, respectively, and were conserved as silage. The silages were fed to two groups sf crossbred cow along with 1 kg crushed barley grain and berseem. Crude protein contents of the two silages were comparable 535 and 5.39%, respectively. DM, OM, CF, EE and NFE digestibility were significantly higher (P<0.01) in group I than in group 11 possibly due to higher feeding of berseem (77.86 vs 56.97%, 79.24 vs 61.76%, 74.06 vs 50.27%, 78.62 vs 46.67%, 8359 vs 6451% respecttvely) while that of CP was similar 74.61 vs 72.96%. The ration in group I and 11 supplied 11.28% 10.48% DCP and 72.43% 52.58% TDN(on DM basis).

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Sorghum (Sorghum vufare) and Hybrrd Napier (Pannicum purpurium) were grown under annual and perennial fodder production systems, respectively, and were conserved as silage. The silages were fed to two groups sf crossbred cow along with 1 kg crushed barley grain and berseem. Crude protein contents of the two silages were comparable 535 and 5.39%, respectively. DM, OM, CF, EE and NFE digestibility were significantly higher (P<0.01) in group I than in group 11 possibly due to higher feeding of berseem (77.86 vs 56.97%, 79.24 vs 61.76%, 74.06 vs 50.27%, 78.62 vs 46.67%, 8359 vs 6451% respecttvely) while that of CP was similar 74.61 vs 72.96%. The ration in group I and 11 supplied 11.28% 10.48% DCP and 72.43% 52.58% TDN(on DM basis).

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Sorghum (Sorghum vufare) and Hybrrd Napier (Pannicum purpurium) were grown under annual and perennial fodder production systems, respectively, and were conserved as silage. The silages were fed to two groups sf crossbred cow along with 1 kg crushed barley grain and berseem. Crude protein contents of the two silages were comparable 535 and 5.39%, respectively. DM, OM, CF, EE and NFE digestibility were significantly higher (P<0.01) in group I than in group 11 possibly due to higher feeding of berseem (77.86 vs 56.97%, 79.24 vs 61.76%, 74.06 vs 50.27%, 78.62 vs 46.67%, 8359 vs 6451% respecttvely) while that of CP was similar 74.61 vs 72.96%. The ration in group I and 11 supplied 11.28% 10.48% DCP and 72.43% 52.58% TDN(on DM basis).

Key concepts: Sorghum, Silage, Fodder, Crossbreed, Forage, Veterinary medicine, Perennial plant, Animal science

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