The production of silage from cane tops and its use as fodder for cattle

Code (CO)	MSI99P0379
Author (AU)	Deville, J. Wong You Cheong, Y. Leclézio, P. Duvivier, P.
Title - English (ET)	The production of silage from cane tops and its use as fodder for cattle
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1979
Series (SE)	Trop. Anim. Prod.
Source (SO)	4: 134-137
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Silage from cane tops was prepared on a commercial scale using ammonium sulphate and molasses at 1 and 5 per cent respectively as additives. The silage was compared to fresh fodder in a feeding trial carried out at two sites. The rest of the ration consisted of molasses with 3 per cent urea at 3 per cent livewirght, together with copra cake 1 kg, fish meal 200 g and rice bran 500 g. At one site daily gain was 671 g and 751 g and at the other 566 g and 580 g for silage and fresh fodder, respectively, the differences not being significant. The results suggested that the production and use of cane tops silage should be seriously envisaged in Mauritius. The economics of ensiling is discussed.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE SUGARCANE TOPS ANIMAL NUTRITION MOLASSES SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Cane sugar manufacture
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Byproducts utilization: Animal feeding
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-21
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM