Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet

Constraints in Napier grass production such as limited land use, labor shortages and long cutting intervals had become the factors that cause the underdeveloped situation on the ruminant industry. As an alternative, the use of water fern species known as mosquito fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam.) a...

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Main Author:	Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi
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Language:	English English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Azolla filiculoides as feed Ruminants - Feeding and feeds
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spelling	my-upm-ir.1121672024-09-26T08:26:32Z Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet 2023-01 Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi Constraints in Napier grass production such as limited land use, labor shortages and long cutting intervals had become the factors that cause the underdeveloped situation on the ruminant industry. As an alternative, the use of water fern species known as mosquito fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam.) as a source of fiber and protein in livestock diets is seen as suitable due to its adequate composition of crude protein and crude fiber that required by ruminants which are in the range of 19-25% DM-1 and 12-18% DM-1 respectively. Furthermore, this species is very practical and economical to be self-produced by the farmers in their farms. This study was carried out to determine the potential of A. filiculoides as an alternative feedstuff in ruminant diet. An objective of Study 1 was to evaluate the potential of different fertilizer (NPK 15:15:15, broiler manure, sheep manure and cow manure) with increasing concentrations of 0.25 g/L (C1), 0.50 g/L (C2), 0.75 g/L (C3), 1.00 g/L (C4) and 1.25 g/L (C5) on growth and nutritive value of Azolla filiculoides. Objective of study 2 was to determine the practical procedures between dried (T1), burned (T2) and freshly used (unprocessed) (T3) in preparing a livestock manure according to an optimum concentration for A.filiculoides cultivation based from the finding of the first study. Study 3 was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of Azolla meal as an inclusion of 0% (control), 6% (TMR 1), 10% (TMR 2), 17% (TMR 3) and 23% (TMR 4) inclusion in the Napier silage TMR based on digestibility and VFA profile. All experiment was designed according to Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with four replication each. The analysis was carried out according to the method that had been developed in AOAC and the data was analyzed using two or one-way ANOVA according to the factors tested and significant differences were determined through Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). As a result, sheep manure was able to produce a higher fresh weight (136 g m-2). In fact, the application of C4 (1.00 g/L) sheep manure in the Azolla filiculoides cultivation was able to produce dry matter: 7.3% kg DM-1, ash: 19.6% kg DM-1, crude protein: 21.2% kg DM-1, ether extract: 4.3% kg DM-1 and crude fiber: 14.4% kg DM-1. Subsequently, the application of T3 procedure for A.filiculoides cultivation was able to produce higher yields (p<0.05) with lower fiber components (NDF: 33.02% kg DM-1, ADF: % kg DM-1 and ADL: 8.13% kg DM- 1) compared to the application of T2 procedure for manure preparation. The value of IVDMD and IVOMD as 82.9% and 43.7% proved that digestibility increased by using Azolla meals in the ruminant dietary feed. Although the IVDMD and IVOMD were decrease with increment of the inclusion, Azolla meal could supply 14.1 MJ/kg ME at 6% inclusion in the ruminant diet. To conclude, A. filiculoides at 6% inclusion has show a potential as a practical and economic source of fiber and protein by direct cultivation in the farm employing sheep manure (T3) at 1.00 g/L concentration (C4). Azolla filiculoides as feed Ruminants - Feeding and feeds 2023-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112167/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112167/1/FS%202023%204%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Azolla filiculoides as feed Ruminants - Feeding and feeds Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Noor Hisham English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
advisor	Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Noor Hisham
topic	Azolla filiculoides as feed Ruminants - Feeding and feeds
spellingShingle	Azolla filiculoides as feed Ruminants - Feeding and feeds Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
description	Constraints in Napier grass production such as limited land use, labor shortages and long cutting intervals had become the factors that cause the underdeveloped situation on the ruminant industry. As an alternative, the use of water fern species known as mosquito fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam.) as a source of fiber and protein in livestock diets is seen as suitable due to its adequate composition of crude protein and crude fiber that required by ruminants which are in the range of 19-25% DM-1 and 12-18% DM-1 respectively. Furthermore, this species is very practical and economical to be self-produced by the farmers in their farms. This study was carried out to determine the potential of A. filiculoides as an alternative feedstuff in ruminant diet. An objective of Study 1 was to evaluate the potential of different fertilizer (NPK 15:15:15, broiler manure, sheep manure and cow manure) with increasing concentrations of 0.25 g/L (C1), 0.50 g/L (C2), 0.75 g/L (C3), 1.00 g/L (C4) and 1.25 g/L (C5) on growth and nutritive value of Azolla filiculoides. Objective of study 2 was to determine the practical procedures between dried (T1), burned (T2) and freshly used (unprocessed) (T3) in preparing a livestock manure according to an optimum concentration for A.filiculoides cultivation based from the finding of the first study. Study 3 was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of Azolla meal as an inclusion of 0% (control), 6% (TMR 1), 10% (TMR 2), 17% (TMR 3) and 23% (TMR 4) inclusion in the Napier silage TMR based on digestibility and VFA profile. All experiment was designed according to Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with four replication each. The analysis was carried out according to the method that had been developed in AOAC and the data was analyzed using two or one-way ANOVA according to the factors tested and significant differences were determined through Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). As a result, sheep manure was able to produce a higher fresh weight (136 g m-2). In fact, the application of C4 (1.00 g/L) sheep manure in the Azolla filiculoides cultivation was able to produce dry matter: 7.3% kg DM-1, ash: 19.6% kg DM-1, crude protein: 21.2% kg DM-1, ether extract: 4.3% kg DM-1 and crude fiber: 14.4% kg DM-1. Subsequently, the application of T3 procedure for A.filiculoides cultivation was able to produce higher yields (p<0.05) with lower fiber components (NDF: 33.02% kg DM-1, ADF: % kg DM-1 and ADL: 8.13% kg DM- 1) compared to the application of T2 procedure for manure preparation. The value of IVDMD and IVOMD as 82.9% and 43.7% proved that digestibility increased by using Azolla meals in the ruminant dietary feed. Although the IVDMD and IVOMD were decrease with increment of the inclusion, Azolla meal could supply 14.1 MJ/kg ME at 6% inclusion in the ruminant diet. To conclude, A. filiculoides at 6% inclusion has show a potential as a practical and economic source of fiber and protein by direct cultivation in the farm employing sheep manure (T3) at 1.00 g/L concentration (C4).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi
author_facet	Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi
author_sort	Hamidan, Mohammad Fitri Rimi
title	Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
title_short	Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
title_full	Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
title_fullStr	Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
title_full_unstemmed	Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
title_sort	comprehensive growth and nutritional study of azolla filiculoides lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2023
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112167/1/FS%202023%204%20-%20IR.pdf
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Comprehensive growth and nutritional study of Azolla filiculoides Lam. as source of fiber and protein for ruminant’s diet

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