CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA, cilt.48, ss.1-11, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
Wheat bran (WB), barley flour (BF), rice bran (RB), wheat red dog (WRD) or
reduction shorts (WRS) supplementation, as a food supplement (FS, 19%),
to mushroom composts having wheat (WS) or rice straw (RS) as basal
substrate (BS, 80%) could have contributed to improving the nutritional
value and forage quality properties of spent mushroom substrate (SMS).
The SMSs from king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) production were
evaluated with 2 BS (WS and PS) × 5 FS (WB, BF, RB, WRD, or WRS) factorial
arrangement design. The BS × FS interaction significantly affected some of
the studied variables (nutrient contents and in vitro true digestibility, relative
feed value, and relative forage quality) of the SMSs used to be evaluated as
a feedstuff. The BS significantly affected the acid detergent lignin content,
digestible dry matter, metabolizable energy, estimated net energy, and total
digestible nutrients. In contrast, the FS affected the acid detergent lignin
content and net energy lactation value. In conclusion, independent of FS,
WS-based SMSs and the BF and WRD supplemented-SMSs independent of
BS had higher nutritional value and forage quality properties than other
SMSs. Therefore, these SMSs could be exploited post-cultivation as animal
feed due to their upgraded properties