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Table 7 Pearl and finger millet inclusion and their effect on ruminant’s performance

From: The nutritional use of millet grain for food and feed: a review

Millet type

Inclusion level

Effect on performance

References

Pearl millet

 

Improved digestibility

[105]

Pearl millet

30%

no adverse effects on milk yield or milk composition

[110]

Pearl millet

 

Improved average daily gain

[111]

Pearl millet

 

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]