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Voluntary intake, chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of fresh forages fed to Guinea pigs in periurban rearing systems of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Bindelle, Jérôme; Ilunga, Yves; Delacollette, Maud et al.
2007In Tropical Animal Health and Production, 39, p. 419-426
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Keywords :
Guinea pigs; Palatability; Nutritive value; Forage; Urban agriculture; Cobayes; Palatabilité; Valeur nutritive; Fourrage; Agriculture urbaine
Abstract :
[en] The daily voluntary intake (DVI) of Guinea pigs (GP) fed 15 fresh forages used in periurban rearing systems of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) was investigated. In order to determine the best forages combination for GP diet, DVI was compared to their nutritional value measured in vitro using 1) a pepsinpancreatin hydrolysis, 2) an gas fermentation test on the hydrolysed residues with an inoculum prepared from GP faeces, and 3) the chemical composition of the offered feeds and the hydrolysis residues. The forages ranking based on the DVI was correlated to the NDF content, but not to their nutritional values determined in vitro. According to their high DVI (from 4.23 to 7.75 g/kg liveweigth), and their valuable in vitro nutritional values (crude protein ranging from 261 to 279 g crude protein kg−1DM, pepsin-pancreatin digestibilities of the dry matter from 0.55 to 0.59 and final gas production from 170 to 196 l kg−1DM), Desmodium intortum, Euphorbia heterophylla or Amaranthus hybridus, can be suggested to the farmers to complement the usual diet distributed to the GP based on Panicum maximum.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Bindelle, Jérôme  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Ilunga, Yves;  Centre Agronomique et Vétérinaire Tropicale, Gombe, Kinshasa, Congo
Delacollette, Maud;  Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux - FUSAGx > Unité de Zootechnie
Muland Kayij, Maximilien;  Centre Agronomique et Vétérinaire Tropicale, Gombe, Kinshasa, Congo
Umba di M'Balu, Joachim;  Institut supérieur Agro-vétérinaire, Kinshasa, Congo
Kindele, Edouard;  Institut supérieur Agro-vétérinaire, Kinshasa, Congo
Buldgen, André;  Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux - FUSAGx > Unité de Zootechnie
Language :
English
Title :
Voluntary intake, chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of fresh forages fed to Guinea pigs in periurban rearing systems of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Publication date :
2007
Journal title :
Tropical Animal Health and Production
ISSN :
0049-4747
eISSN :
1573-7438
Publisher :
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, United States - Massachusetts
Volume :
39
Pages :
419-426
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Walloon Government (CAVTK project, DGA, Namur)
Belgian Co-operation (AMINEKIN project, CUD-CIUF, Brussels)
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