Effects of substitution of Elephant grass by corn waste and coffee pulp as basal diet on nutrient intake and digestibility in young male Ongole crossbred cattle

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the nutrient intake and digestibility in Ongole crossbred (OC ) cattle fed by basal diet of Elephant grass substituted by corn waste (CW) and coffee pulp (CfP). Twelve younh male OC (I0, 195.0 + 1.75 kg of initial weight) were divided into three groups of feeding, i.e. R0 = Elephant grass (EG) + supplement (60:40) as control, R1= EG+(CW+CfP)+ Supplement (30:30:40) and R2 = (CW+CfP) + supplement : (60:40). The experiment was carried out for 10 wk. Parameter measured were: dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) intake and digestibility. Completely randomized design was used to analyze the variance among the parameters. Results showed that total DM intake among treatments was not different which ranged from 97.53 to 0.75 0.75 0.75
101.55 g/kg W . Total OM intake of R0 (72.61 g/kg W ), R1 (74.91 g/kg W ) and R2 (74.03 g/kg 0.75 0.75 W ) was also not different. However total CP intake of R1(7.76 g/kg W ) showed the lowest 0.75 0.75 (P<0.05) compared to R0 (9.63 g/kg W ) and R2 (9.40 g/kg W ). Total NDF intake of R0 (60,64 0.75 0.75 0.75
g/kg W ) was the highest (P<0,05), followed by R1 (56.77 g/kg W ) and R2 (41.30 g/kg W ). 0.75 TDN intake among treatments was not different which vary from 53.45 to 56.10 g/kg W . The DM 0.75 digested of R0 (70.31 g/kg W ) was the highest (P<0,05), while the OM digested among treatments 0.75 were not different. However, the CP and NDF digested of R0 which 7.71 g/kg W and 30.57 g/kg 0.75 W , respectively, were the highest (P<0.05). TDN digested among treatments were not different which ranged from 58.44 to 62.97%. It is concluded that CW and CfP were considered to be able to substitute EG as basal diet for young male OC cattle.