DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAIZE SILAGE AND UNCONVENTIONAL FEED RESOURCES AND THEIR NUTRITIVE VALUES
M. J. KHATUN AND M. K. KHAN
Department of Animal Science and Nutrition,
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,
Khulshi, Chittagong-4225, Bangladesh
(bk1997s@yahoo.com)
(Received : 15 March 2015; Accepted : 28 March 2015)
SUMMARY
This research was conducted for one year at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVASU)Fodder Research Field and at the Animal Nutrition Laboratory to produce maize fodder and silage andevaluate them and estimate the nutritive value of unconventional feed resources. The maize fodder wascultivated under four different treatment groups. It was observed that the green fodder biomass, drymatter and botanical fractions of maize were dependents on the dose level of sheep and goat manure withinorganic fertilizers. The treatment receiving sheep and goat manure @ 10 t/ha produced higher greenfodder yield (30.30±.07 t/ha) and dry matter (9.0±0.28 t/ha) than the other treatments. Three types ofsilage were prepared in bag and drum. The bag silage was spoiled due to unsystematic preparationmethod. However, the drum silage, the silage 3 (maize with molasses and urea) showed highest pH (4.69),crude protein (CP) (10.50%), ether extract (EE) (4.05%), nitrogen free extract (NFE) (41.63%) and metabolisable energy (ME) (1992 kcal/kg) than other silage. All three types of drum silage were good butconsideration of pH and nutrients composition the silage prepared with maize fodder with molasses wasgood than others. Different unconventional feed, such as tree leaves, seeds and byproduct were collectedand analyzed for their nutritive values. It was noticed that the dry matter was highest in Krisnachura(34%), CP and energy in Dhaincha (26% and 2594.44 kcal/kg), NFE in water hyacinth than other treeleaves. The rain tree seed was higher in DM (88.6%), CP (28.5%) , EE (10.5%) and energy (2794 kcal) thanother feeds. Rubber seed contained nutrient composition close to rain tree seed but husk containedhighest CF (48.5%) than other seeds. All studied tree leaves, seeds and byproduct can be used asalternative feed resources for livestock. Furthermore, Dhaincha, ipil-ipil, rain tree and rubber seed couldbe used as livestock and poultry feed ingredient due to its high protein and energy value
Key words:Maize fodder, silage, nutritive value, unconventional feed ingredients