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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/77107| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Feed energy utilization by hair sheep: does the 0.82 conversion factor of digestible to metabolizable energy need to be revised? |
| Authors: | Antônio de Sousa Brito Neto Caio Júlio Lima Herbster Luciana Castro Geraseev Gilberto de Lima Macedo Junior Dayanne Ribeiro do Nascimento Amanda Cardoso Rocha Maria Izabel Batista Pereira Marcos Inácio Marcondes Luciano Pinheiro da Silva Leilson Rocha Bezerra Ronaldo Lopes Oliveira Elzania Sales Pereira |
| Abstract: | The objective was to evaluate energy partitioning and predict the relationship between metabolizable energy (ME) and digestible energy (DE) in hair sheep fed tropical diets at three feeding levels (maintenance, intermediate and high). To evaluate the energy partition, a database with 114 records (54 non-castrated males and 60 females) from comparative slaughter studies was used. To estimate the ratio ME:DE, 207 observations (74 non-castrated males and 133 females) were used from six studies in a multi-study approach, two indirect calorimetry studies (n = 93) and four comparative slaughter (n = 114), using a mixed model and study as random effect. A simple linear regression equation of the ME against DE was fitted to predict the efficiency of DE to ME conversion. Gas losses were greatest (P < 0.05) for animals fed at maintenance level (7.92% of gross energy intake). The variations of energy losses in the urine were 2.64, 2.06 and 2.08%; faecal losses were 34.37, 37.80 and 36.91% for maintenance, intermediary and high level of feeding, respectively. The regression analysis suggested a strong linear relationship between ME and DE, generating the model ME (MJ/day) = −0.1559 (±0.07525) + 0.8503 (±0.005864) × DE (MJ/day). This study highlights the importance of the relationship ME:DE. Equation/factor 0.85 presented herein is alternative that could be used for the calculation of ME from DE in feedlot diets tropical. In conclusion, we suggest that for hair sheep fed tropical diets the conversion factor 0.85 is more adequate to predict ME from DE. |
| Subject: | Ovinos Alimentação dos animais Confinamento (Animais) |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859623000515 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/77107 |
| Issue Date: | 14-Dec-2023 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-agricultural-science/article/feed-energy-utilization-by-hair-sheep-does-the-082-conversion-factor-of-digestible-to-metabolizable-energy-need-to-be-revised/73D548D65DF3D924D57C6B24EF3393B0 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | The Journal of Agricultural Science |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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