الفهرس 
INTRODUCTIONOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 117 |  |  |
| | | from | 117 | | |
Abstract
The first silage was without any additive. In the second silage, urea was added at the rate of 3%, while in the third silage, EM1 was added at the rate of 1%. The rations were ad libitum of silage, while concentrate feed mixture consisted 70% from the requirements according to NRC (1985). Treatment (1) the control group was fed concentrate feed mixture and berseem hay. Treatment (2) was fed concentrate feed mixture and banana waste silage. Treatment (3) was fed concentrate feed mixture and banana waste silage with 3% urea. Treatment (4) was fed concentrate feed mixture and banana waste silage with 1% EM1. Twenty lambs (cross breed Finnish rams) (Finnish x Rahani) having 4 months of age and over ageing 22 + 0.5 Kg live body weight were used in this experiment. Lambs were divided into four similar groups according to their live body weight (5 animals in each). from the foregoing results it could be concluded that EM1 as an additive for making silage of banana waste was effective and costly from the view point of economy, even concerning feed conversion which was statistically similar to the control. Ensilage of banana wastes with urea or EM1 reduced the tannins level and CF content but increased OM, CP, NFE and nutritive value; as well as nutrients digestibility comparing with the banana waste silage without additives, (even comparing with the control, e.g. for CF and EE). So, it to recommend using banana waste silage with EM1 (or urea) in feeding ruminants without any harm effects on growth performance, feed utilization and animal health, but to overcome, to some extent, the gap in animal feed stuffs by introducing banana waste silage as a novel feed resource in the economical animal production.