A report on effect of different concentration of mulberry leaves on napier silage

Abstract

The study was carried out to observe effect of different concentration of mulberry leaves on napier silage. The study was conducted Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram. The effect of mulberry leaves on the physical properties and proximate analysis of napier silage was evaluated. Napier grasses sample collected from field of Chattogram at pre-harvesting stage and chopped into small pieces before ensiling into container T1(5% molasses) and T2 (5% molasses and 30% mulberry leaves) and T3 (5% molasses and 25% Mulberry leaves). The container sealed and stored for 30 days at room temperature 250 C. Result showed that T1, T2, T3 containers had desirable physical properties except T1 had more fungus and T2 had undesirable bad odor. The proximate analysis revealed that T3 container have highest percentages of crude protein (19.87%) and crude fiber (40.63%) and lowest percentages of moisture (74.95%) and ash (12.19%) compare to T1 and T2. The addition of 25% mulberry leaves with napier grasses increased Crude protein and Crude fiber and decreased moisture and ash percentages. Therefore, mixing napier grasses with 25% mulberry leaves and 5% molassses yielded the greatest fermentation quality in this study. In the conclusion, mixing with 25% mulberry leaves could be reasonable way to improve the quality of napier silage.