From: The nutritional use of millet grain for food and feed: a review
Millet type | Inclusion level | Effect on performance | References |
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Pearl millet | Â | Improved digestibility | [105] |
Pearl millet | 30% | no adverse effects on milk yield or milk composition | [110] |
Pearl millet | Â | Improved average daily gain | [111] |
Pearl millet | Â | Similar average daily gain and final body weight as corn | [112] |
Pearl millet | 50% 100% | Increased digestibility of starch and Ether Extracts Reduced ruminal ammonia concentration | [113] |
Pearl millet | 79% | Similar performance indicators to those obtained with corn and sorghum | [114] |
Pearl millet | 25% 50% 75% 100% | No effect on dry matter intake, milk yield and milk fat percent | [115] |
Pearl millet | 33% 665 100% | Performances were not negatively affected by the substitution of maize with pearl millet | [116] |
Finger millet | 16.0% 32.5% 48.0% 67.0% | Reduced digestibility of the dry matter No effect on nutrients intake | [117] |
Pearl millet | 40% | Digestion coefficients for DM, GE, CP, and NDF were reduced by over 10 percentage units with partial or complete replacement of corn by pearl millet | [103] |