Livestock Studies
2016, Vol 56, Num, 2 (Pages: 063-069)
Alternative Roughage Sources
Eda Gemalmaz 1 ,Tanay Bilal 1
1 İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hayvan Besleme ve Beslenme Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
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One of the most important problems that are necessary to be solved in the development of the animal breeding in our country is the regular meeting of the quality, cheap and plentiful roughage needs. Roughages are indispensable forage sources in livestock, and it is the fact that there is the very serious quality forage deficit. The closing of qualities roughage deficit should be targeted in order to meet the feed needs of our animals. The usage facilities of alternative roughage sources who we can increase their production and quality should be investigated to reach to this target. The low cost of roughage such as dry grass, green fodder and silo feeds increases the profitability of livestock enterprises. Although there are wide varieties of feed sources in our country, the feed ingredients that may be roughage source are limited. The usual feeds are generally presented to the animal consumption. Whereas, different roughage sources as roughages that are indispensable of ruminant nutrition are used in the developed countries. That this case is suitable to feed physiology reduces the usage in animal nutrition of the intense or concentrated feeds used in the human diet.
The aim of this study is to mention to the feed ingredients such as turnip, caramba, trinova, pomace, apple pulp and silage, buckwheat forage that can be used as alternative roughage source in ruminant nutrition, and that are grown in our country, and to their usage facilities.
Keywords :
Alternative roughage, Ruminant
