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Digestion and nitrogen utilization by sheep fed diets supplemented with processed broiler litter

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dc.contributor.authorKwak, W. S.en
dc.contributor.authorFontenot, Joseph P.en
dc.contributor.authorHerbein, J. H.en
dc.contributor.departmentAnimal and Poultry Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-03T15:27:36Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-03T15:27:36Zen
dc.date.issued2003-11en
dc.description.abstractIn vivo digestion and metabolism trials were conducted with 10 wethers equipped with ruminal, abomasal, and ileal cannulae to evaluate digestion of ensiled broiler litter (EBL), deepstacked broiler litter (DBL), and composted broiler litter (CBL). Wethers were fed a low protein (6.3% CP) basal diet alone or supplemented to 10.3% CP with EBL, DBL, CBL or soybean meal (SBM). All diets were formulated to be isoenergetic (56% TDN, DM basis). Apparent digestibilities of DM, OM, and ADF were not affected (p<0.05) by diet, but digestibility of CP was improved (p<0.05) by N supplementation. Apparent digestibility of CP was lower (p<0.05) for diets supplemented with CBL and DBL than for diets supplemented with SBM and EBL. Ruminal NH(3) concentration was 20 to 24 mg/dl at 2 h after feeding litter-supplemented diets compared with 13 mg/dl for SBM. Abomasal N, NH3 N, and nonammonia N flows were increased (p<0.05) by N supplementation, whereas microbial N flow was not influenced (p<0.05) by diet. Compared with SBM and EBL, undegraded dietary CP flow to the abomasum tended to be greater (p<0.1) when wethers were fed DBL and CBL-supplemented diets. Retention of N (g/d) also was greater (p<0.05) due to greater (p<0.05) N intake and lower (p<0.05) urinary N excretion when wethers were fed diets supplemented with litter (especially EBL) vs. SBM. Overall, characteristics of ruminal fermentation and digestion indicated that broiler litter N was utilized efficiently by wethers, but ensiling may be preferable to deepstacking or composting.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2003.1634en
dc.identifier.issn1011-2367en
dc.identifier.issue11en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96274en
dc.identifier.volume16en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en
dc.subjectdigestibilityen
dc.subjectdigesta passageen
dc.subjectmicrobial proteinen
dc.subjectbroiler litteren
dc.subjectprotein degradationen
dc.titleDigestion and nitrogen utilization by sheep fed diets supplemented with processed broiler litteren
dc.title.serialAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciencesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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