Dietary inclusion of mature lemon grass and curry leaves affects nutrient utilization, methane reduction and meat quality in finisher lambs
| Autor: | Lalit Soni, Artabandhu Sahoo, Vijay Kumar Saxena, Randhir Singh Bhatt, Arvind Soni, Priya Sharma, Srobana Sarkar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0303 health sciences
biology Murraya 030309 nutrition & dietetics 0402 animal and dairy science food and beverages Biomass 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Curry Straw biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science Vigna 03 medical and health sciences Animal science Nutrient Cymbopogon citratus Animal Science and Zoology Dry matter computer computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Animal Feed Science and Technology. 278:114979 |
| ISSN: | 0377-8401 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.114979 |
| Popis: | Meat production from ruminants is allied with huge environmental cost that needs to be addressed for sustainable animal agriculture. Nutritional interventions based on use of plant bioactive rich human inedible biomass in animal diets may be a potential strategy for eco-friendly and quality meat production. Therefore, the present experiment is aimed for methane mitigation and functional meat production by incorporating mature lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) and curry leaves (Murraya koenigii) in the diet of finisher lambs. Thirty six male Malpura lambs (∼ 4 months age) were divided equally into three groups (C0, T1 and T2) and fed ad lib complete feed block consisting of concentrate, molasses and roughage in the ratio of 55:5:40 for a duration of 3 months. Roughage in the control diet was black gram (Vigna mungo) straw whereas, in the treatment diets 10 percent black gram straw was replaced by dry chaffed mature lemon grass and curry leaves in T1 and T2, respectively. Digestibility of dry matter and hemicellulose was improved (P |
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