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Avaliação clínica e digestibilidade da banana (Musa spp.) comparada ao Coast Cross feno (Cynodon sp.) como alimento para ovelhas.\nBruno Leonardo Mendonça Ribeiro1, Eduardo Carvalho Marques2, Mariane Ferreira Franco2, Lucas Alencar Fernandes Beserra2*, Gisela Gregoria Choque2, Lilian Gregory2\n1- University Federal of Rondônia (UNIR). Rolim de Moura, RO, Brazil.\n2*- University of São Paulo (USP). Av. Professor Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-3025. E-mail: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:beserralfb@usp.br\" \u0014beserralfb@usp.br\u0015\nResumo\nO objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um ensaio alimentar para avaliar os aspectos nutricionais da parte aérea da banana em ovinos sadios. No primeiro ensaio, doze ovelhas foram utilizadas nos testes para determinar a digestibilidade da matéria seca da bananeira. No segundo foram utilizados seis ovinos com cânulas ruminais para avaliar o teor de matéria seca, proteína bruta, fibra em detergente neutro e ácido. Três tratamentos foram analisados: (A) talo mais folhas secas de bananeira, (B) talo seco de bananeira e (C) folhas secas de bananeira. As folhas e talos da bananeira mostrou-se como uma fonte alternativa para nutrição de ovinos, que em formulação adequada, não compromete a saúde animal.\nPalavras-chave: Nutrição. Pequenos ruminantes. Sustentabilidade.\nAbstract\nThe objective of this work was to carry out a feeding trial to evaluate the nutritional aspects of the aerial part of the banana in healthy sheep. In the first trial, twelve ewes were used in the tests to determine the digestibility of banana dry matter. In the second, six sheep were used with ruminal cannulas to evaluate the content of dry matter, crude protein, neutral and acid detergent fiber. Three treatments were analyzed: (A) stalk plus dried banana leaves, (B) dried banana stalk and (C) dried banana leaves. The leaves and stems of the banana tree proved to be an alternative source of nutrition for sheep, which, when properly formulated, does not compromise animal health.\nKeywords: Nutrition. Small ruminants. Sustainability.\nIntroduction\nThe banana (Musa spp.) cultivation is among the expanding crops. It has been gaining prominence in the agricultural market, being that, the banana is one of the most produced and consumed fruits in the world (FAO, 2019). Casas et al. (2020) concluded that the use of banana residues, in cattle, did not affect ruminal and hepatic health, being able to provide these animals. Banana peel has the potential to be used in sheep feed. It is considerably rich in nutrients, phenols and tannins and its composition may be different, depending on the variety and its degree of ripening (RAMDANI et al., 2019).\nThe aerial parts of the banana plants could be utilized as forage food. In addition to the economic advantage of using these plants, they contain secondary compounds known to exhibit different degrees of anthelmintic activity, because of tannins presence in this plant, which is of particular interest of the sheep industry (FERRÃO, 2013). Although the banana leaves have a higher PB content than the pseudostem, its digestibilityis lower, probably due to its high lignin content. Due to the low crude protein content in the pseudostem, when it is used as single food, the ingestion, growth and the milk production will be depressed, as a result of low nitrogen availability for ruminal fermentation and low dry matter intake. Banana peel, leaves and pseudostem can be a good food source for ruminants, may contribute to increasing weight gain and milk production, provided it is subjected to appropriate treatment and with supplementation (RUSDY, 2019).\nThe addition of banana leaf hay and pseudostem can replace hay of Cynodon sp. without changing the intake, digestibility of nutrients and the ruminal concentration of short-chain","cbCaif1SfPInfX1E","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif1SfPInfX1E","docx",282185,9,"English","# Resumo\n# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Materials and methods","[{\"question\":\"What is the main objective of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To evaluate the nutritional aspects and digestibility of the banana aerial part in healthy sheep, compared with Coast Cross hay.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the trials designed and what animals were used?\",\"answer\":\"The first trial used twelve ewes to determine banana dry matter digestibility, and the second used six sheep with ruminal cannulas to assess dry matter, crude protein, and detergent fiber.\"},{\"question\":\"What treatments were analyzed in the feeding trial?\",\"answer\":\"Three treatments were tested: stalk plus dried leaves (A), dried stalk (B), and dried leaves (C) of banana.\"}]","Abstract - Banana as Food for Sheep Feeding Trial | DOCX"]