Effects of supplementing herbaceous forage legume pellets on growth indices and blood profile of West African dwarf sheep fed Guinea grass
| Autor: | Folakemi Seidat Odusoga, R. Y. Aderinboye, D. K. Oyaniran, Ayotunde Oluseun Ogunsakin, V. O. A. Ojo, O. O. Adelusi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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040301 veterinary sciences Pellets Forage Panicum Weight Gain Feed conversion ratio 0403 veterinary science Animal science Food Animals Fodder medicine Animals Sheep Domestic Sheep biology Weight change 0402 animal and dairy science Fabaceae 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Animal Feed 040201 dairy & animal science Diet Hematocrit Dietary Supplements Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Weight gain Mucuna pruriens |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Animal Health and Production. 51:867-877 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7438 0049-4747 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-018-1767-4 |
| Popis: | Twenty West African dwarf (WAD) rams with average body weight of 12.43 ± 0.5 kg were used for the experiment that lasted 84 days to investigate the effects of supplementing herbaceous forage legume pellets on weight change and blood profile of animals fed Panicum maximum basal diet. Sole Panicum maximum served as the control diet and three other experimental diets were P. maximum supplemented with Lablab purpureus pellets, P. maximum supplemented with Calopogonium mucunoides pellets and P. maximum supplemented with Mucuna pruriens pellets constituted the four treatments which were arranged in a completely randomised design. The rams were divided into four groups of five animals each and were balanced for variation in live weight before they were assigned the experimental diets. Panicum maximum was offered to the animals ad libitum and legume pellets were supplemented. Significant differences (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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