Comparative nutrient utilization, growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (Bos frontalis) and Tho-tho cattle (Bos indicus) fed on tree-leaves-based ration

被引：8

作者：

Das, Krushna Chandra ^{[1
]}

Haque, Nazrul ^{[1
]}

Baruah, K. K. ^{[2
]}

Rajkhowa, C. ^{[1
]}

Mondal, M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Res Ctr Mithun, Indian Council Agr Res, Medziphema 797106, Nagaland, India

[2] Natl Res Ctr Yak, Dirang, Arunachal Prade, India

来源：

TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION | 2011年 / 43卷 / 01期

关键词：

Mithun; Tho-tho cattle; Growth; Digestibility; Enzyme profile; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; BUFFALOS; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1007/s11250-010-9676-1

中图分类号：

S8 [畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];

学科分类号：

0905 ;

摘要：

A study was conducted to compare the nutrient utilization, growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (Bos frontalis) and Tho-tho cattle (Bos indicus) reared in the same feeding and managemental conditions. For the purpose, male mithun (n = 8) and male Tho-tho cattle (n = 8) of 1.5 years age, selected from the farm of National Research Centre on Mithun, Nagaland, India, were fed on mixed-tree-leaves-based ration as per the requirement of NRC (2001) for cattle for 12 months. Average daily gain (ADG), average dry matter intake (DMI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) for all animals were recorded. A metabolic trial was conducted at 6 months of the experiment to assess the digestibility coefficient of different nutrients and nutritive value of ration. At 12 months of the experiment, rumen liquor was collected from all animals and analyzed for rumen enzyme profiles, viz., carboxymethylcellulase, xylanase, alpha-amylase, beta-glucosidase, alpha-glucosidase, urease, and protease. It was found that ADG (507.8 g vs 392.8 g), DM intake (6.59 vs 5.85 kg/day) and DMI/W(0.75) (98.75 g vs 91.00 g/day), crude protein intake (780 vs 700 g/day), and total digestible nutrient intake (3.65 vs 3.32 kg/day) were higher (p < 0.05) in mithun than cattle. The nitrogen balance was higher and FCR was better (p < 0.05) in mithun compared with cattle. The digestibility coefficient of different nutrients was similar (p > 0.05) between the species. The microbial enzyme profiles of mithun and cattle were not different (p > 0.05). The better growth performance of mithun than cattle as found in the present study clearly indicates that the mithun has higher genetic potential for growth than Tho-tho cattle of north-eastern hilly region of India.

引用

页码：209 / 214

页数：6

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