Dm. Phiri et al., THE EFFECT OF FEEDING MAIZE HUSK AND LEUCAENA MIXED OR SEPARATELY ON THE VOLUNTARY INTAKE OF THE HUSK, Agroforestry systems, 24(3), 1993, pp. 271-276
The effect of feeding maize (Zea mays L.) husk and leucaena (Leucaena
leucocephala) as a mixture or separately on the voluntary intake of ma
ize husk was studied over a 40-day period. Ten male goats with an aver
age weight of 15 kg were used. The maize husk intake and total dry mat
ter intake for the two feeding methods was about the same. Thus, total
dry matter intake was not affected (P < 0.05) by the feeding method.
There was also no significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two fe
eding methods in the digestibility values. The data were considered to
indicate that there were no significant differences in the intake of
maize husk when fed in a mixture with leucaena or when offered separat
ely but at the same time.