Effect of feeding different proportions of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) and neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves on feed intake, digestibility, body weight gain and carcass characteristics of goats

Abstract

Highlights Supplementation of sole neem leaf meal instead of concentrate mix and pigeon pea leaf meal resulted in similar performance of goats. Neem and pigeon pea leaf supplementation has a significant effect on dressing percentage on the basis of slaughter weight and empty body weight was higher. Based on economic benefit the use of sole neem leaf meal instead of concentrate mix and pigeon pea leaf meal was displayed reduction of feed cost and increase of net return.

Early fattening and improving feeding quality of Kejobong goats could reduce methane production and improve meat production

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“…The existence of lignin compounded other nutrients such as protein, so that it reduces digestibility. On the other hand, the higher CP content in diet G3C7 led to high microbial protein growth rate and increased the intensity of nutrient digestion in the rumen (Atti et al, 2004;Askar et al 2016;Tadesse et al, 2016;Dida et al, 2019). Subsequently, nutrient digestion in the intestine increased.…”

Appraisal of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) hay as a replacement for noug seed (Guizotia abissynica) cake in the ration of Gumuz lambs in Ethiopia

“…In the feed refusals and offered composition, the NDF, ADF and ADL of refusal values were higher than the hay offered. This might be because experimental animals selected more edible portions of the basal diet and left the more fibrous parts (such as stems) of the grass which has higher fiber (NDF, ADF and ADL) fractions (Faji et al., 2019 ; Mekonen et al., 2015 ). This entails that when sheep are allotted in roughage diets, selection can be ensured through provision of adequate amount of feed for producers in tropical regions of the world.…”

Growth performance, carcass characteristics and cost implications of supplementing Turkey poults with toasted Bambara nut by-products

“…In a bid to solve the challenges of feed cost and shortages, several locally available alternatives such as by-products from crop harvests, processing, biomass, and foliage have been explored ( Alencar et al., 2021 ; Dida, Challi & Gangasahay, 2019 ; Li, Zhou, Xu & Zi, 2019 ; Pandi et al., 2016 ). The partial replacement of conventional livestock feeds with these by-products is common in developing countries such as Nigeria, and has been reported in previous research ( Ashayerizadeh, Dastar, Shargh, Mahoonak & Zerehdaran, 2018 ; Damasceno et al., 2020 ; Souza et al., 2020 ).…”