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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-1124</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias pecuarias]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. de cienc. pecuarias]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-1124</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S2007-11242022000200408</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22319/rmcp.v13i2.5381</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Productive performance of sheep fed buffel grass silage in replacement of corn silage]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Desempeño productivo de ovinos alimentados con ensilaje de pasto buffel en sustitución de ensilaje de maíz]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tiara Millena Barros e]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Araújo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gherman Garcia Leal de]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Voltolini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tadeu Vinhas]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Queiroz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mário Adriano Ávila]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yamamoto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra Mari]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lista]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fábio Nunes]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gois]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Glayciane Costa]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moraes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salete Alves de]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fleming Sena]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Madriano Christilis da Rocha]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco Campus de Ciências Agrárias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Pernambuco]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Pernambuco]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>408</fpage>
<lpage>421</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-11242022000200408&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-11242022000200408&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-11242022000200408&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the productive performance and nutritional status of crossbred sheep fed a diet containing buffel grass silage (BGS) in substitution of corn silage (CS). Thirty-two male Santa Inês sheep with an average body weight of 20.09 ± 2.0 kg were distributed in a completely randomized block design with four treatments (0, 33.3, 66.6, and 100 % of substitution of corn silage with buffel grass silage) and eight animals per treatment. Dry matter intake, apparent nutrient digestibility, water balance, nitrogen balance, and productive performance of animals were evaluated. The different levels of substitution of corn silage by buffel grass silage promoted a linear decrease in the consumption of ether extract (P=0.001) and non-fibrous carbohydrate (P&lt;0.001), apparent digestibility of non-fibrous carbohydrate (P=0.019), water intake via food (P&lt;0.001), total water intake (P=0.008), water excretion via urine (P=0.004), total water excretion (P=0.001), among which the highest values were observed in animals fed 100% corn silage. Water excretion via feces (P=0.017) and nitrogen balance (P=0.047) showed a quadratic function, increasing as substitution with buffel grass silage increased from 0 to 33.3 %. No significant differences (P&gt;0.05) were observed in sheep productive performance, with an average daily weight gain of 140.16 g/d. The replacement of 66.6 % of CS for BGS provides satisfactory results for dry matter and nutrients intake, and water intake, with weight gain of up to 155 g/d for Santa Inês crossbred sheep in Brazilian semi-arid.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el desempeño productivo y el estado nutricional de ovinos mestizos alimentados con una dieta que contenía ensilaje de pasto buffel (EPB) en sustitución de ensilaje de maíz (EM). Treinta y dos (32) ovinos Santa Inês machos con un peso corporal promedio de 20.09 ± 2.0 kg se distribuyeron en un diseño de bloques completamente al azar con cuatro tratamientos (0, 33.3, 66.6 y 100 % de sustitución de ensilaje de maíz por ensilaje de pasto buffel) y ocho animales por tratamiento. Se evaluó la ingesta de materia seca, la digestibilidad aparente de nutrientes, el balance hídrico, el balance de nitrógeno y el desempeño productivo de los animales. Los diferentes niveles de sustitución de ensilaje de maíz por ensilaje de pasto buffel promovieron una disminución lineal en el consumo de extracto etéreo (P=0.001) y carbohidratos no fibrosos (P&lt;0.001), digestibilidad aparente de carbohidratos no fibrosos (P=0.019), ingesta de agua vía alimentos (P&lt;0.001), ingesta total de agua (P=0.008), excreción de agua vía orina (P=0.004), excreción total de agua (P=0.001), entre los cuales los valores más altos se observaron en animales alimentados con 100 % de ensilaje de maíz. La excreción de agua vía heces (P=0.017) y el balance de nitrógeno (P=0.047) mostraron una función cuadrática, aumentando a medida que la sustitución con ensilaje de pasto buffel se incrementó de 0 a 33.3 %. No se observaron diferencias significativas (P&gt;0.05) en el desempeño productivo de los ovinos, con una ganancia diaria de peso promedio de 140.16 g/día. La sustitución del 66.6 % de EM por EPB proporciona resultados satisfactorios para la ingesta de materia seca y nutrientes, y la ingesta de agua, con una ganancia de peso de hasta 155 g/día para ovinos mestizos Santa Inês en los semiáridos brasileños.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Animal nutrition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Confined sheep]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Santa Inês]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Semiarid]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nutrición animal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ovinos en confinamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Santa Inês]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Semiárido]]></kwd>
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