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Inclusion of calcium oxide in sugarcane silage under different particle sizes on performance of dairy cows

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Our objective was to evaluate voluntary intake, apparent digestibility, performance, and nitrogen balance of dairy cows fed sugarcane silage under different particle sizes treated or not with calcium oxide (CaO). Eight F1 Holstein/Zebu cows, with body weight of 521.5 ± 55.17 kg, and 60 ± 10 days in milk were used, distributed into two simultaneous 4 × 4 Latin squares. The treatments were composed of sugarcane into two particle sizes (15 and 30 mm) with and without the addition of CaO (10 g/kg of natural matter), being the treatments compared according to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. Data were analyzed by the MIXED procedure of SAS. The intake of dry matter (13.05 kg/day), crude protein, non-fibrous carbohydrates, and neutral detergent fiber was not modified (P > 0.05) by the inclusion of the calcium oxide, nor by particles size and interaction among both. However, there was interaction between CaO and particle size on dry matter digestibility (P = 0.002), being that the CaO was effective in promoting greater DM digestibility in silages with larger particle size. The milk yield and composition were also not affected by the diets (P > 0.05), similarly for nitrogen balance (P > 0.05). The addition of CaO to sugarcane silage with different particle sizes (15 and 30 mm) does not affect the milk yield and composition of dairy cows, nor the nitrogen balance. However, when CaO is added to the sugarcane silage under larger particle sizes, there are benefits in DM digestibility.

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The authors would like to thank the Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais and to the Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, for providing the necessary structure to carry out this research.

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T.J.V.M.P. Machado have received research support from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Itapetinga, Bahia, 45700-000, Brazil

    Weudes Rodrigues Andrade, Thiara Jacira Vicuna Mendes Oliveira de Paula Machado, Aureliano José Vieira Pires & Susi Cristina dos Santos Guimarães Martins

  2. Department of Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil

    Gabriel Santos Souza David

  3. Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, 40170-110, Brazil

    Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho

  4. Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brazil

    Luiz Carlos Oliveira de Sousa

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T.J.V.M.P. Machado led the research. A.J.V. Pires participated of conceptualization, methodology, the project administration, and the critical review. G.S.S. David contributed to draft and writing the manuscript, to data interpretation, and formal analysis. G.G.P de Carvalho, S.C.S.G. Martins and W.R. Andrade participated the critical review. L.C.O de Sousa: performed the formal analysis, critical review, and to data interpretation.

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Andrade, W.R., de Paula Machado, T.J.V.M.O., David, G.S.S. et al. Inclusion of calcium oxide in sugarcane silage under different particle sizes on performance of dairy cows. Trop Anim Health Prod 55, 187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03611-6

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