Efeito da infusão ruminal de amônia sobre o aproveitamento de feno do capim-buffel para caprinos

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with non-protein nitrogen (NNP) on the intake, digestibility, ruminal parameters and nitrogen balance of goats fed buffelgrass hay. Five goats with no defined racial pattern (NDRP), adults, castrated and cannulated in the rumen were used, with an average weight of 45 ± 2,3 kg. Five diets were provided, where the control treatment consisted only of buffelgrass hay feeding with 5.5% crude protein (CP) based on dry matter (DM), supplied ad libitum, while the other treatments treatments of the addition of increasing levels of nitrogen supplements via ruminal infusion, aiming at the gradual increase of ruminal ammonia concentration (N-NH3). Thus the concentrations were 3.43; 9.95; 17.18; 23.02; and 33.68 mg / dL of N-NH3 in ruminal fluid. The supplement provided was a mixture of urea, ammonium sulfate and casein, in ratios of 75: 8.33: 16.67, respectively. There was a quadratic (P 0.05). However, there was an increasing linear effect (P 0.05) by the inclusion of the nitrogen supplement, with a mean value of 6.43. Ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) was influenced by supplementation, presenting increasing linear behavior (P 0.05). There was an increasing linear effect of supplementation in relation to nitrogen intake (NC) and nitrogen excretion in urine (NU) (P 0,05). Contudo, houve efeito linear crescente (P0,05) pela inclusão do suplemento nitrogenado, tendo valor médio de 6,43. O nitrogênio amoniacal (N-NH3) foi influenciado pela suplementação, apresentando comportamento linear crescente (P0,05). Houve efeito linear crescente da suplementação em relação ao consumo de nitrogênio (CN) e excreção nitrogênio na urina (NU) (P