Effect of Feeding Acacia as Supplements on the Nutrient Digestion, Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Constituents of Awassi Lambs under the Conditions of North Sinai

Mousa, Mohamed

doi:10.3923/ajas.2011.102.117

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“…The significantly lower feed cost per gain corroborates Mousa & El-Shabrawy's (2003) work on Damascus kids. It is also in line with other reports on lambs (Mousa, 2011). This indicates that each kilogram of weight gain at higher levels of Moringa inclusion is produced at a lower cost and thus yields higher revenue and profit.…”

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confidence: 80%

A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

Yusuf¹,

Mlambo²,

Iposu³

2018

SA J. An. Sci.

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Moringa oleifera leaves may have the potential to enhance nutritional status, growth performance, and health of ruminant animals when used as part of their diets. However, the nutritional value of the leaves for goats is largely unknown and needs to be investigated. Consequently, eighteen West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks weighing 7.0 ± 0.33 kg were used in a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of diluting a conventional supplement with three levels of M. oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) on growth performance, haematology, and blood biochemical constituents. The MOLM was included in the commercial supplement at a rate of 0, 50, and 100 g/kg dry matter (DM). Including MOLM in the supplement did not significantly affect weight gain, dry matter intake, and metabolic weight gain of bucks. Packed cell volume (PCV), red blood cell (RBC), haemoglobin concentration (hb), and total protein were not significantly influenced by MOLM inclusion, either. However, blood urea concentration was significantly increased in bucks that were offered MOLM-based diets. All blood parameters, as well as alanine transaminase (ALT) and urea, were within the normal reference ranges for clinically healthy goats. The MOLM-based supplements had significantly lower feed cost per kilogram of weight gain and higher profit per kilogram of gain. It was concluded that diluting the commercial supplement with MOLM up to 100 g/kg DM does not impair the nutritional status, growth performance and health status of the goats while reducing the feed cost per gain.

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confidence: 80%

A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

Yusuf¹,

Mlambo²,

Iposu³

2018

SA J. An. Sci.

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“…Goats fed on feed containing 20% white kabesak leaves (T 2 ) showed the highest body weight gain followed by goats that received rations T 0 , T 1 , T 3 and T 4 . The results of this study were similar to that found by Mousa (2011) who reported that the use of acacia forage in the ration of growing sheep up to 40% improved growth performance, economic efficiency, carcass percentage and lower feed costs per kg of body weight. Abegunde et al (2017) found the best level of combination of Tithonia diversivolia and Veronia amygdalyna in the concentrate feed of 10% as feed supplement for low quality grass fed to goat.…”

Section: Nutrient Intake Digestibility Body Weight Gain and Feed Cosupporting

confidence: 90%

Effect of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb) leaves level in the diet on feed intake and body weight gain of Kacang goat

Lawa

Marjuki

Hartutik

et al. 2017

J. Indonesian Trop. Anim. Agric.

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ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh tingkat penggunaan daun kabesak putih (Acacia leucophloea Roxb.) Willd. dalam pakan terhadap konsumsi, kecernaan pakan dan pertambahan bobot badan kambing Kacang. Rancangan Acak Kelompok dengan 5 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Perlakuan tersebut berupa 5 pakan konsentrat yang masing-masing mengandung 0, 10, 20, 30, dan 40% daun kabesak putih berdasarkan bahan kering (BK) secara berturutturut sebagai perlakuan T 0 , T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , dan T 4 . Semua pakan dibuat dengan kandungan protein kasar (PK) berkisar 11,5-12,5%. Masing-masing pakan konsentrat diberikan pada 5 ekor kambing Kacang jantan (umur 1-1,5 tahun, berat badan awal 16,7±5,0 kg) ditambah rumput lapangan kering dengan imbangan 60:40. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konsumsi BK, BO dan PK pada kambing yang diberi pakan T 0 tidak berbeda nyata dengan kambing yang diberi pakan T 1 tetapi lebih tinggi (P<0,05) dibanding pada kambing yang diberi pakan T 2 , T 3 dan T 4. . Kecernaan BK, BO, PK dan SK serta pertambahan bobot badan kambing yang diberi pakan T 2 secara nyata lebih tinggi dan mempunyai konversi pakan lebih baik (P<0,05) dibanding kambing dengan pakan perlakuan lain. penelitian ini adalah tingkat penggunaan daun kabesak putih yang paling optimal dalam pakan konsentrat adalah sebanyak 20% (T 2 ).Kata Kunci: pakan, konsentrat, suplemen, produktivitas, legium pohon ABSTRACTThis study was conducted to analysis the effect of levels of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb.) Willd. leaves in the diet on feed intake, digestibility and body weight gain of Kacang goats. The completely randomized block design using 5 treatments and 5 replications was used in this experiment. The treatments were 5 concentrate feeds containing different levels of white kabesak leaves i.e. 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% in the dry matter (DM) basis (representing T 0 , T 1 , T 2 , T 3 and T 4 treatments, respectively). The feeds were set up to contain 11.5-12.5% of crude protein (CP). Concentrate feed and native grass was fed at ratio of 60 : 40 was fed to 5 local male goats (age 1-1 .5 years old and initial weight of 16.7±5.0 kg). The results showed that DM, organic matter (OM), and CP intake of T 0 was not significantly different from those of T 1 goats, but it was significantly higher (P<0.05) than those of T 2 , T 3 and T 4 . The DM, OM, CP, and crude fiber (CF) digestibility as well as body weight gain in T 2 goats were significantly higher (P<0.05) and had feed conversion ratio that was significantly better (P<0.05) compared to those of the other feed treatments. In conclusion, the most optimum level of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb.) Willd. leaves used in concentrate feed for goat was 20 %.

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“…The hay contains the minimum (7%) CP needed to support acceptable ruminal microbial activity and the maintenance requirement of the host ruminant [13]. The CP content of A. albida was within the range of 12% -18% reported by previous workers [14] and [15]. Cactus pear contains low CP than hay and the value obtained in the present study is comparable to that reported in earlier studies [16] [17].…”

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Effect of Feeding Regimes on Measurements of Carcass Dimensional and Proximate Composition of Blackhead Ogaden Sheep

Negussie¹,

Urge²,

Mekasha³

et al. 2015

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A study was conducted with the objective to assess the effects of feeding regimes on carcass measurements and proximate composition of finishing Blackhead Ogaden (BHO) sheep. Twenty-four lambs with mean initial body weight of 17.3 ± 0.52 kg were blocked into 6 groups of four lambs based on weight. Lambs in each block were randomly assigned to one of the four dietary treatments. During the growth phase, natural grass hay was offered ad libitum and a mixture of Acacia albida and Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) (at the ratio of 2:1, respectively) was supplemented at the rate of 0.9% (0.9ACM (acacia-cactus mixture), 1.2% (1.2ACM) and 1.5% (1.5ACM) of lambs body weight. Lambs in control treatment (0ACM) did not receive the supplement. During the finishing phase, roughage composed of natural grass hay and haricot bean hauls at 50:50 ratio and concentrate supplement composed of 69% wheat bran and 31% oil seed meals (noug and cottonseed cakes at the ratio of 1.1:1) were fed at roughage (R) to concentrate (C) ratios of 60R:40C, 50R:50C, 40R:60C, and 30R:70C. The percentages of roughage and concentrate were determined based on ad libitum consumption of individual animal on dry matter (DM) basis. After the completion of stall feeding, all animals were slaughtered for carcass compositions and linear measurements evaluation. Except the anterior buttock circumference (ABC) and chest depth, all carcass measurements did not vary (p > 0.05) due to feeding regimes. Lambs fed 1.5ACM/30R:70C had (p < 0.05) wider ABC than other treatment groups. Similarly, greater chest depth was recorded for groups in 1.5ACM/ 30R:70C than 0ACM/60R:40C, but the values for the rest treatments were similar. Most carcass compositions did not affect as a result of different feeding regimes, but fat content followed a similar trend to that of chest depth.

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Effect of Feeding Acacia as Supplements on the Nutrient Digestion, Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Constituents of Awassi Lambs under the Conditions of North Sinai

Cited by 32 publications

References 6 publications

A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

Effect of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb) leaves level in the diet on feed intake and body weight gain of Kacang goat

Effect of Feeding Regimes on Measurements of Carcass Dimensional and Proximate Composition of Blackhead Ogaden Sheep

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