Effects of <i>Stylosanthes scabra</i> Forage Supplementation on <i>in Vitro</i> Gas Production and Fiber Degradation of <i>Eragrostis</i> Grass Hay — Oak Academic Publishing
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Effects of <i>Stylosanthes scabra</i> Forage Supplementation on <i>in Vitro</i> Gas Production and Fiber Degradation of <i>Eragrostis</i> Grass Hay
Agricultural Research Council-Animal Production, Animal Nutrition Section, Irene, South Africa
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Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
1 Agricultural Research Council-Animal Production, Animal Nutrition Section, Irene, South Africa
2 Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Natural pastures constitute a major component of ruminant livestock feed, and are the most cost-effective feed resource available for smallholder subsistence farmers. However, this feed resource does not meet animal nutritional requirement due to deficiency in nitrogen, energy and minerals. In addition, at maturity lignification is the major concern since it reduces digestibility and contributes to methane emission. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplementing low-quality Eragrostis grass hay with five (9281, 11,252, 11,255, 11,595 and 11,604) selected Stylosanthes scabra accessions on in vitro ruminal fermentation and neutral detergent fiber degradation. Therefore, in vitro study was conducted on grass hay, accessions and the mixture of grass hay with each accession included at two (15%, 30%) levels. The substrates (grass hay, accessions and the mixtures) were incubated in separate serum bottles for 72 h. Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of the accessions ranged from 300 to 350 g/kg DM with crude protein (CP) value ranging from 177.5 to 184.1 g/kg DM. Eragrostis grass hay had NDF value of 813 g/kg DM, with CP value of 34.3 g/kg DM. Grass hay fermented slowly, it took 30 h for grass hay to produce gas volume above 50 mL, while Stylosanthes scabra accessions took 12 h. Supplementing grass hay with accessions significantly improved fermentation. However, it was observed that 15% inclusion took 30 h to produce gas volume above 50 mL, whereas at 30% inclusions it took 24 h for accession 9281, 11,595 and 11,604. Accession 11,604 improve grass fermentation by almost three times the value of grass hay in 2 h. Grass hay supplemented with accession 11,604 at 30% had a positive associative effect and significantly improved NDF degradability. In conclusion, accession 11,604 may be fed strategically as forage supplement to low-quality forage for ruminants.
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