Valor nutritivo do feno de capim-Tifton 85 amonizado com uréia

• Autor(a) principal: Tonucci, Rafael Gonçalves
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5754
• topic: Feno; Análise; Qualidade; Uréia; Capim Tifton; Composição; Amonização; Hay; Analysis; Quality; Urea; Tifton hay; Composition; Ammoniation; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PASTAGEM E FORRAGICULTURA

An experiment was conducted at the Animal Science Department of the Federal University of Viçosa to evaluate the influence of moisture, urea level and time of ammoniation on chemical-bromatologic compounds and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of Tifton 85 hay. In the trial, 2 kg of hay with five levels of urea (2; 4; 6; 8 and 10% dry matter bases), two moisture levels (20 and 40%), were stored for three periods of ammoniation (30; 60 and 90 days) in sealed plastic bags. Urea was mixed in water necessary to reach 20 and 40% of moisture levels when added to hay. A completely randomized design with three replications in a factorial arrangement was used. Total nitrogen (NT) and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) concentrations increased quadraticly when urea levels were increased. Total nitrogen values were higher at the lowest moisture, however N-NH3 increased with the increasing of moisture. Neutral detergent insoluble nitrogen (NDIN) and acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN) were not affected by the treatments. The values of NDIN/TN decreased with an increasing in moisture levels and the highest value was observed in lowest moisture (20%) and the shortest period of ammoniation (30 days). The ADIN/TN ratio adjusted into a quadratic model. An increase in urea levels decreased the ratio, and lower values were observed at lower moisture. An increase in urea levels promoted a decrease in neutral detergent fiber, reaching the lowest value at 40% moisture for ammoniation period of 90 days. Acid detergent fiber decreased linearly with the increase of urea levels, reaching minimum value of 44,1% at the 10% urea level and was not affected by moisture and ammoniation period. Cellulose contents were decrease with the increase of urea levels, and lower rates were reached at lower moisture. The hemicellulose and lignin contents decreased linearly with increasing ammoniation period and were not affected by urea and moisture levels. The IVDMD adjusted into a quadratic model and response to the increasing of urea levels, moisture levels and ammoniation period, reaching maximum digestibility of 64,9% at lower moisture contest and 73,9% at higher moisture content, both with 90 days of ammoniation. Urea ammoniation altered the chemical composition and digestibility of Tifton 85 hay, improving the nutritive value of forage and providing an option for forage quality improvement during dry season.