Silage of banana pseudo-stem and taro foliage as replacement for rice bran fed to common ducks

摘要

Theaimofthisexperimentwastoevaluatetheeffectoftheensiledmixtureofbananastemandtarofoliageasapartialreplacementofricebraninthedietofgrowingcommonducks.Thedesignwasanbsp;completelyrandomizedarrangementofnbsp;fivetreatmentsandthreereplicates.Thetreatmentswerebasedonpercentagesofsilageofbananastemandtarofoliage(50:50,DMbasis)replacingricebraninthediet(0,20,30,40and50%asDM).Theaveragecrudeproteincontentofthedietswasintherangeof11to13%inDM.nbsp;DMintakedecreasedandDMfeedconversionwasimprovedwhenthebananastem-tarosilagereplacedricebran.nbsp;Liveweightgainincreasedwithacurvilineartrendnbsp;withtheoptimum(13g/day)between30and40%bananastem-tarosilageinthediet.