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TY - JOUR
AU - ONWIH, E. E.
AU - MILLAM, J. J.
AU - RAMALAN, S. M.
PY - 2024/07/08
Y2 - 2026/09/24
TI - EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MANURE ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND IN SACCO DEGRADABILITY OF (PENNISETUM PEDICELLATUM TRIN ) HARVESTED AT 4, 6 AND 8 WEEKS
JF - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production
JA - NJAP
VL -
IS -
SE - Articles
DO - 10.51791/njap.vi.5259
UR - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/5259
SP - 668 - 672
AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of organic and inorganic manure ( control, cow dung, pig waste, poultry litter and npk15:15:15) on the chemical composition and </span><span class="fontstyle2">insacco </span><span class="fontstyle0">degradability of </span><span class="fontstyle2">Pennisetum Pedicelatum trin </span><span class="fontstyle0">harvested at 4, 6 and 8 weeks after regrowth ( after cutback). the experiment was conducted at the teaching and research farm university of Ibadan between the month of March and September. Seedlings of </span><span class="fontstyle2">p.pedicellatum </span><span class="fontstyle0">were planted on a total land area of 382.5m</span><span class="fontstyle0">2 </span><span class="fontstyle0">which was ploughed and subdivided into 30 sub plots of 4m x 4m with 1m spacing within and between plots respectively. the experiment was laid out in a 5x3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design (CRD) of five manure treatments i.e. cow dung, pig waste, poultry litter, npk 15:15:15 and control with three harvesting stage of 4,6 and 8 weeks respectively. the<br>manure type had significant effect p (<0.05) on the Ash, CF, ADF, NDF and shows no significant difference (p>0.05) on the EE, DM and CP while the harvesting stage had significant differences (p<0.05) on both the chemical composition and rate of disappearance from the nylon bag. it was recommended from this study that farmers should adopt the use of organic manure of animal origin such as poultry litter, pig waste and cow dung as a viable alternative for ease of establishment of this grass species as livestock feeds and harvesting at early stage of growth to enhances its nutritive value.<br></span></p>
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