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- Title
Effect of Pleurotus florida on digestibility of wheat stubble and date palm leaf in sheep.
- Authors
Kafilzadeh, F.; Kabirifard, A.; Fazaeli, H.
- Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Pleurotus florida on the voluntary feed intake and digestibility of wheat stubble and date palm leaf. The experiment was carried out in a complete randomized design with eight Shall male sheep (four replicate for each treatment), 41.5±1.5 kg initial live weight and 2 yr old. The treatments were: 1)Untreated wheat stubble (UTWS); 2) Mycelial treated wheat stubble (MTWS), 3)Fungal treated wheat stubble after the first harvesting of mushroom (FTWS), 4) Untreated date palm leaf (UDPL), 5) Mycelial treated date palm leaf (MTDPL), and 6) Fungal treated date palm leaf after the first harvesting of mushroom (FTDPL).Total tract digestibility of DM and OM of the MTDPL (34.7 & 37.2% respectively) were significantly (P<0.05) increased in comparison with the UTDPL (27.8 & 31.8% respectively). The OM digestibility of the MTWS (38.8 %) was also significantly (P<0.05) higher when compared to UTWS (32.7%).The digestibility of DM and OM of the FTDPL (26.5 and 30.0% respectively) were lower (P<0.05) than those of MTDPL, But were not significantly (P>0.05) different from those found in the UTDPL. However no significant difference(p>0.05) in digestibility of OM and DM was observed when FTWS was compared with MTWS.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; DATE palm; PLEUROTUS; WHEAT; SHEEP
- Publication
Journal of Animal Science, 2006, Vol 84, p371
- ISSN
0021-8812
- Publication type
Article