Effect of liveSaccharomyces cerevisiae(NCDC-49) supplementation on growth performance and rumen fermentation pattern in local goat

Abstract

Twenty female kids of local goats (6.4290.28 kg, 3-month-old) were divided into two equal groups. Kids in experimental group received Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCDC-49 (5.6)10 9 cells/head/day) whereas the control was unsupplemented. This study lasted for 120 days. Rumen liquor was collected for three consecutive days after two months and at the end of the experiment before offering feed. The body weight gain, height at withers and heart girth were higher with superior feed conversion in the treatment group. Colony forming units were higher with lower NH 3 concentration in yeast culture fed kids. It is concluded that S. cerevisiae NCDC-49 supplementation improved growth and feed conversion efficiency and had some positive influence on the rumen fermentation parameters.

Saanen Erkek Oğlaklarında Maya Kültürü Ürünlerinin Besi Performansı, Rumen Papilla Morfolojisi, Bazı Kan ve Rumen Parametleri Üzerine Etkileri

“…Our ruminal pH results are similar with a series of study which have shown that ruminal pH was not affected by the supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae [8,19,21] . However significant increases in ruminal pH associated with yeast supplementation, have been reported in goats [7,22] .…”

“…In the present study kids fed diets containing either two yeast culture product consumed 10.89 and 6.41% more feed respectively than control group. Beside this result, Kamal et al [19] reported that live yeast supplementation significantly improved dry matter intake (DMI) per kg liveweight gain. Investigators were also mentioned that the more DMI and relatively more avarage daily gain in live yeast fed groups subsequently lead to improvement in the feed conversion ratio at the same study.…”

“…The investigators reported that yeast culture supplementation did not affect live weight, live weight gain and dry matter intake in Ivesi lambs and Shami goat kids. On the other hand significant increases in live weight gain associated with yeast supplementation have been reported in goats [7,19] and lambs [4] . In the present study kids fed diets containing either two yeast culture product consumed 10.89 and 6.41% more feed respectively than control group.…”

“…Related with VFA concentrations of ruminal fluid there is a series of study [7,21,23,26] which have similar results with ours. However Kamal et al [19] indicated that total volatile fatty acid concentration was significantly higher in live yeast culture fed kids at 2 and 4 months.…”

Feed intake and growth performance of goats fed with Napier grass and oil palm frond supplemented with soya waste

“…Feed supplementation (e.g. with pistachio by-products, live Saccharomyces cerevisiae) improved nutrient utilization and productivity of the goats (Kamal et al 2013;Ghaffari et al 2014), which could be due to the balanced nutrients for optimum feed digestibility. Soya waste is a by-product of the tofu, soymilk and soya juice manufacturing industry, and it is high in protein content (Dong et al 2005).…”