Nutritive value of poultry wastes for sheep

Performance of Fattening Buffalo Calves Fed Different Levels of Dried Poultry Manure

“…The improvement in CP digestibility could be either due to increase microbial protein synthesis in the rumen caused by more degradable protein in the form of NH3-nitrogen being available to rumen microbes (Mehrez, 1992) and/or to the complementary effect of undegradable ration protein and microbial protein (Orskov, 1982). The improve in CF digestibility may came in agreement with El-Ashry et al (1987) who stated that the inclusion of wastes may be associated with increased NPN intake which may have improve CF digestibility.…”

“…It has been suggested that farmers make use of non conventional feeds in their animal's diets to reduce the need for purchasing of marketable feeds (Abd El-Ghani et al, 1999). Numerous scientific studies showed that the utilization of poultry wastes (litter and manure) as a source of protein is considered to be the most strategic ingredients of the unconventional feeding system of ruminants (El-Ashry et al, 1987& 2000Gabr et al, 1991Gabr et al, , 1993Gabr et al, & 2001. Many published reports indicated that poultry wastes could be used in ruminant rations owing to low cost ingredients and decreasing the cost of meat production (Gihad et al, 1980).…”

Increasing Small Ruminant Productivity in Semi-arid Areas

“…75 • Sugarcane molasses at 300 g/h/d was recommended as a good nutrient in fattening rations, while ensiled or dry dairy cattle manure and dry poultry litter were used safely in rations at up to 20% of the DM (EI-Serafy et al 1980;El-Ashry et al 1985;Khattab et al 1982). The proper roughage to concentrate ratio (R: C) for growing lambs to 12 months was found to be 60 : 40 on a dry matter (DM) basis, and ewe-lambs could be reared successfully on green forages.…”