The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the post-harvest residue intake of Chenopodium quinoa on the productive performance, apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), ruminal degradation of DM and in vitro gas production in sheep. A group of 12 rams of 6 months were used to evaluate body weight gain and voluntary consumption for 75 days (15 days of adaptation) and in vivo digestibility in metabolic cages. A second group of 6 sheep over 8 months of age and rumen cannulated were used for the study of in situ ruminal degradation of DM using the nylon bag technique and for in vitro gas production. A randomized design with two treatments was used: T1: (95.8% Pennisetum clandestinum), T2: (75.8% P. clandestinum and 20% bran of C. quinoa). Voluntary intake in T2 was higher than in T1, but voluntary intake per kg PV0.75 showed no significant difference between treatments. The feed c...

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the post-harvest residue intake of Chenopodium quinoa on the productive performance, apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), ruminal degradation of DM and in vitro gas production in sheep. A group of 12 rams of 6 months were used to evaluate body weight gain and voluntary consumption for 75 days (15 days of adaptation) and in vivo digestibility in metabolic cages. A second group of 6 sheep over 8 months of age and rumen cannulated were used for the study of in situ ruminal degradation of DM using the nylon bag technique and for in vitro gas production. A randomized design with two treatments was used: T1: (95.8% Pennisetum clandestinum), T2: (75.8% P. clandestinum and 20% bran of C. quinoa). Voluntary intake in T2 was higher than in T1, but voluntary intake per kg PV0.75 showed no significant difference between treatments. The feed c...