Ongole crossbreed performance given silage of cattle rumen contens as a feed substitute for grass

Abstract

The waste from the slaughterhouse is usually removed in a certain place while it can be used to feed the cattle. The use of rumen content as one of the alternative feed help to farmer to provide the feed easily, conserve the environment and support the development program, particularly in the urban area. The research is aimed at identifying the effect of the cattle rumen content distribution as the subtitute for the grass on the performance of the beef cattle. 12 SimPO oxen aged 1.5 - 2 years were adopted in the research which lasted for 8 weeks (2 months) with the feeding of 3% of the weight based on the dry matter and the drink was given ad libitum. The treatment consisted of subtituting the cattle rument content silage for the grass. The treatment consisted of T0 = giving 100% grass, T1= giving 25% cattle rumen content silage and 75% grass, and T2 = giving 50% cattle rumen content silage and 50% green grass. The ratio of grass to concentrate was 20% : 80%. The variables of the study were the average daily gain and feed conversion. The result indicated that the treatment was not significantly related with the average daily gain and feed conversion. It can be concluded that the substitution in part of the grass with the rumen content silage up to 50% exerted no effect on the average daily gain and feed conversion.