Nutrient Digestibilities in Rusa Timor (Cervus timorensis de Blainville 1822) Fed on Maize Forage ad libitum Supplemented with Rice Bran and or Gliricidia sepium

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Cervus timorensis; Maize Forage; Rice Bran; Gliricidia sepium

Abstract

A study was carried out to investigate nutrient digestibilities in rusa timor (Cervus timorensis) fed on maize forage ad libitum supplemented with rice bran and or Gliricidia sepium. This was done in Palu, Indonesia from June to December 2011 using five male rusa timor with an age range of 1 - 2 years old and body weight of between 30 - 45 kg. The animals were allocated to five treatments each of which was replicated five times following a latin square experimental design. The treatments tested were R0 = maize forage ad libitum (M)- R1 = M + rice bran 1.5%- R2 = M + rice bran 1.0% + 0.5% Gliricidia sepium- R3 = M + rice bran 0.5% + Gliricidia sepium 1.0%- R4 = M + Gliricidia sepium 1.5%. The supplements were provided as percentages of animal body weight on dry matter basis. Each period consisted of preliminary and data collection phases. Data of feed consumption and faecal excretion samples were collected for seven days, and the samples were bulked at the end of the study and sub sampled for laboratory analysis. Data were analysed with an analysis of variance. Results indicated that the treatments did not affect (P > 0.05) the nutrient digestibility of feed dry matter, organic matter, and crude protein, crude fiber but it did affect (P < 0.05) that of crude lipid. Providing of rice bran as much as 1.5% of the initial body weight of Timor deer in the maize forage can be increasing of nutrient digestibilty.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. S. Arifuddin
AU  - Damry
AU  - M. Mangun
AU  - Najamudin
AU  - R. Utomo
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/04/18
TI  - Nutrient Digestibilities in Rusa Timor (Cervus timorensis de Blainville 1822) Fed on Maize Forage ad libitum Supplemented with Rice Bran and or Gliricidia sepium
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Animal Industry (ICESAI 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 108
EP  - 115
SN  - 2468-5747
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-670-3_12
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