Caracteristicas Agronomicas Y Nutricionales De Asociaciones De Gramineas Y Leguminosas Tropicales

Two experiments were conducted. The objective of the first was to compare voluntary intake and digestibility of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of guinea grass-clitoria mixed hay (GCH, 33:67%) and of rhodesgrass hay (RGH). Ten adult creole rams (35 kg liveweight) were stratified by weight and assigned to the hays under evaluation according to a crossover experimental design . Higher voluntary intake (P0.05) was observed in rams fed GCH than RGH (919 vs. 669 g/d). Digestibilities of dry matter (65.2 vs. 55.51%) and CP (78.8 vs. 65.2%) were higher (P