Energy metabolism and respirometry of lambs fed sun or shade dried hays of banana crop residues

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 56; no. 4; p. 139
• Main Authors: Geraseev, Luciana Castro, Santos, Sarah Silva, Chaves, Amália Saturnino, de Carvalho, Pedro Paulo Xavier, da Motta, Sthephane Alverina Briguente, Machado, Fernanda Samarini, Duarte, Eduardo Robson, Passetti, Rodrigo Augusto Cortêz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animal production; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbon dioxide; Crop residues; Crops; Desiccation; Diet; Diet - veterinary; Digestibility; Digestion; Dry matter; Drying; Energy consumption; Energy intake; Energy loss; Energy Metabolism; Food intake; Food preservation; Fruits; Hay; Lamb; Leaves; Life Sciences; Maintenance; Male; Metabolism; Methane; Musa - chemistry; Nutrient availability; Nutrients; Organic matter; Oxygen Consumption; Regular Articles; Residues; Respirometry; Shade; Sheep, Domestic - physiology; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zoology; Byproduct; Musa spp; Respirometric parameters; Nutritional value

We aimed to evaluate the effects of different drying methods for banana residues on the energy metabolism and respirometry of growing lambs. Twenty Santa Inês x Dorper lambs were fed five experimental diets: Tifton 85 grass hay (Control), shade-dried banana leaf hay (LH Shade), shade-dried pseudoste...