The proximate composition of bagasse and silages used in the
feeding trial is reported in Table 2. As result, the proximate
composition of raw bagasse before mixing with vinasse
resulted low in protein, but particularly high in crude fiber,
NDF, ADF and cellulose. In fact, bagasse was found to contain
appreciable content of fiber fractions as NDF and ADF
(79.08% and 14.30% on DM basis, respectively) as well as cellulose
and hemicellulose (44.19% and 20.59% on DM basis,
respectively) levels. Moreover, the bagasse crude protein was
on overall equal to 2% on DM basis. Our findings on bagasse
nutritional composition were similar to those reported by
Ibrahim and Pearce (1993) and Chullanandana (2000). Mixing
bagasse with vinasse (BV) led to an enhancement of crude protein
contents from 2.02% to 7.80%, whereas the DM of BS
and BP was found to be 27.45% and 25.60%, respectively.
In silage containing bagasse–vinasse mixture with sweet corn
husk and cob (BS) the crude protein content of was 8.74%