Banana Peel Diets for Lactating Cows: Intake, Digestibility, and Milk Production

Criszoel Ferreira Souza's study evaluated the intake, digestibility, ingestive behavior, and milk production of F1 Holstein x Zebu cows fed diets containing 20% dried banana peel. The experiment used eight cows over 72 days, divided into four 18-day periods, and measured effects of additives like limestone and calcium oxide. Average milk production was 16.88 kg per day with 3.5% fat, though digestibility was reduced.

Use Cases

• Modeling the effect of banana peel inclusion on milk yield based on the reported 16.88 kg/day average.
• Analyzing the impact of chemical additives on rumination time, as calcium oxide was reported to decrease it.
• Studying feed digestibility trade-offs when using agricultural byproducts, as the description notes reduced DM and nutrient digestibility.

Strengths

• Experimental design is detailed, using two 4x4 Latin squares with eight cows over 72 days.
• Specific quantitative results are provided, such as average milk production of 16.88 kg/day with 3.5% fat.
• Treatments are clearly defined, including a 20% inclusion of banana peel with or without 2% limestone or calcium oxide.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect the specific experimental bias inherent to a single study from paperswithcode.

Provenance

Source

Criszoel Ferreira Souza via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Controlled animal feeding experiment using Latin square design.

Time Range

Experiment lasted 72 days.