Tackling the future challenges of Organic Animal Husbandry - vTI

Factors Plant
Height
(cm)
RAHMANN G & GODINHO D (Ed.) (2012): Tackling the Future Challenges of Organic Animal Husbandry.
Proceedings of the 2 nd OAHC, Hamburg/Trenthorst, Germany, Sep 12-14, 2012
Table 1. Effects of manure type and age at harvest on the growth parameters, dry
matter yield and fibre composition of the grasses
Leaf
Width
(cm)
Tiller
Density
(tiller/m
2 )
% Leaf Dry Matter
Yield
(t/ha)
NFC NDF ADF
Manure type
Cattle 157.06 b 3.71 b 111.33 cd 57.52 a 20.53 c 128.74 b 601.26 a 337.51 a
Swine 179.53 a 4.03 a 160.64 a 54.49 b 25.87 a 129.72 b 598.12 ab 339.20 a
Poultry 126.70 d 3.96 ab 119.85 c 52.11 c 18.95 c 146.61 a 597.52 ab 321.93 b
Sheep / goats 142.79 c 3.37 c 142.36 b 54.55 b 23.21 b 142.13 ab 586.51 b 302.32 c
Control 125.43 d 3.74 ab 97.38 d 51.12 c 12.96 d 148.94 a 603.04 a 308.01 c
SEM 10.2 0.1 10.0 2.3 1.4 6.2 8.8 3.2
Species
P. maximum
166.56
(Local)
a 3.71 b 125.57 b 52.70 b 17.52 c 131.21 b 620.65 a 329.15 a
P. maximum
(Ntchisi)
132.59 c 4.19 a 162.56 a 56.35 a 20.32 b 128.41 b 622.53 a 326.61 a
P. purpureum 139.74 b 3.38 c 92.70 c 52.84 b 23.09 a 157.95 a 548.72 b 309.61 b
SEM
Age at harvest
8.0 0.1 7.4 1.8 1.2 4.7 5.2 3.0
4 87.47 d 3.22 b 78.76 d 71.94 a 10.67 d 132.34 b 572.10 c 312.70 c
8 114.33 c 3.92 a 103.42 c 59.81 b 16.29 c 137.41 ab 581.14 c 317.72 bc
12 157.88 b 4.08 a 140.33 b 46.35 c 24.29 b 146.21 a 595.41 b 322.91 b
16 225.51 a 3.81 a 185.27 a 37.75 d 29.98 a 140.82 ab 640.54 a 333.84 a
SEM
P-value
5.6 0.1 7.8 0.7 0.9 5.7 6.8 3.5
Manure