title: Intake, digestibility and performance of lambs fed diets containing peach palm meal.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the intake and apparent digestibility of nutrients, performance, and plasma glucose concentration of ram lambs fed diets containing peach palm meal substituting maize (0, 10, 40, 60, and 85 % dry matter (DM)). Thirty Santa Inês rams with an average initial body weight of 21.6 ± 0.87 kg were distributed in a completely randomized design with five diets and six replicates. The substitution of the maize for the peach palm meal affected (P < 0.05) the intakes of DM, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (NDFap), total carbohydrates (TC), total digestible nutrients (TDN), and metabolizable energy (ME), which decreased linearly (P < 0.05); the intake of ether extract (EE), however, fit an increasing linear equation (P < 0.05). The apparent digestibility coefficients of DM, OM, NDFap, and TC decreased linearly (P < 0.05) as the level of peach palm meal in the concentrate was increased. The total weight gain and the average daily gain decreased by 0.09 and 0.001 kg with each level of substitution of the maize for peach palm meal, respectively. It is recommended to substitute 40 % of the maize for peach palm meal.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil. alanasantos10@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Alana Batista
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mara Lúcia Albuquerque
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Herymá Giovane
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Ademar de Barros, 500, Ondina, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gleidson Giordano Pinto
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Taiala Cristina
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: de Jesus Pereira
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal Baiano-IF BAIANO, Campus Uruçuca, Rua Dr. João Nascimento, S/N, Centro, Uruçuca, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro Sampaio Oliveira
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Bairro Salobrinho, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Augusto Gomes
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Azevêdo
authors.affiliation: Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira, Rodovia BR 415, km 22, S/N, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: das Graças Conceição Parada Costa Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Larisse Borges
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro Borges
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Rodovia BR 415, km 03, S/N, Campus Juvino Oliveira, Itapetinga, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daiane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Alencar
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology; D028023:Arecaceae; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism; D004063:Digestion; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D015430:Weight Gain
keywords: Alternative feed; Bactris gasipaes Kunth; Maize; Santa Inês