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    In vitro gas production and dry matter degradability of cassava top and maize stover mixture ensiled with albizia saman pods
    (The Nigerian Society for Animal Production, 2017) Saliu, L. O.; Ososanya, T. O.
    In vitro gas production is an indication of microbial degradability of feed samples. Thus, varying levels of mixture of cassava top (CT) and maize stover (MS) ensiled with Albizia saman pods (ASP) were examined. The feedstuff were dried and milled for gas determination in a completely randomized design. Samples were incubated using in vitro gas production technique. Gas production was measured at 3, 6, 9, 12. 15, 18, 21 and 24 h post incubation to estimate total gas volume (TGV), methane (CHJ, metabolisable energy (ME; M.J/Kg DM), organic matter digestibility (OMD; %) and short chain fatty acids (SCFA; pmol/200 mg DM), dry matter (DM, %) increased significantly (p<0.05) as inclusion of Albizia saman pods increases across the treatments. The crude protein (CP. %) contents were similar across the treatments. The total gas volume (TGVmL) produced by the diets were similar across the treatments. The values ranged from 4.81 to 5.26 for ME, 35.16 to 36.32for OMD, 0.13 to 0.21 for SCFA and 5.33 to 7.33 for CH, production with no significant difference. The result showed that in vitro fermentation of the mixture of cassava top and maize stover ensiled with Albizia saman pods at 0:40:60% increased the dry matter degradability by 15%, enhanced metabolisable energy, organic matter digestibility and short chain fatty acids.
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    Silage characteristics and acceptability of maize stover, cassava tops ensiled with Albizia saman pods
    (Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, 2015) Saliu, L. O.; Ososanya, T. O.; Babayemi, O. J.
    The use of preserved feedstuff in form of silage is a very good strategy to improve livestock performance during seasonal shortages. This study was conducted to determine the silage characteristics and the co efficient of preference of the experimental diets containing different portions of Cassava tops (CST), Maize Stover (MST) ensiled with Albizia saman pods (ASP). The ensiled mixtures were: T1: 40% CST + 0% ASP + 60% MST, T2: 30% CST + 10% ASP+ 60% MST, T3: 20% CST + 20% ASP + 60% MST, T4: 10% CST + 30% ASP + 60%, MST and T5: 0% CST + 40% ASP + 60% MST. The pH of silage ranged between 4.26 and 4.44, temperature ranges between 27.74 and 31.62°C, odour of silage were fruity. The acceptability studies using ruminants indicated that the silages had high coefficient of preference and nutritive value. This study showed that silage mixture containing cassava tops, Albizia saman pods and maize stover could be a better alternative feedstuff for ruminants during the dry season.