NUTRIENT EVALUATION OF TWO MAIZE FODDER VARIETIES HARVESTED AT DIFFERENT STAGES BY IN VITRO METHODS
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2019-08
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
The present study was conducted to compare and identify the ideal harvesting
stage of maize fodder and to study the effect of fibrolytic enzyme (FE) on the rumen in
vitro gas production and in vitro dry matter digestibility. Maize fodder varieties,
Hanuman-117 and South African Tall harvested at 75, 85, 95 and 105 days after sowing
(DAS). Quality parameters like proximate composition percentage were significantly
(P<0.05) influenced by different harvesting times. The crude protein (CP) and ether
extract (EE) co