Response of Gumuz Sheep to Alternative Supplement Feed Ingredients, Ethiopia
| Autor: | Alemu Tarekegn, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Firew Tegegne |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, Vol 53, Iss 2, Pp 36-36 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1841-9364 2344-4576 |
| Popis: | An experiment was conducted using twenty four Gumuz ram lambs with an initial body weight of 19.05±2.29 kg (mean±SD) to investigate the response to supplementations on feed intake, body weigh change and carcass characteristics of Gumuz sheep. The sheep were treated against endo- and ecto- parasites before commencing the study. The experimental design was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with six replications. The treatments were: natural pasture hay alone (T1), natural pasture hay+ 1noug seed cake (NSC):1 wheat bran (WB) (T2), natural pasture hay + 2NSC: 1WB (T3) and natural pasture hay + 3NSC:1WB (T4). The supplements were offered at the rate of 400 g/day, which were offered twice per day at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m hours in equal portions. The feeding trial was carried out for 90 days after 15 days of adaptation period to the experimental feeds and conditions, which were then followed by carcass evaluation at the end of the study. Supplemented treatments had higher (P0.001) were recorded among the supplemented treatments. Sheep fed natural pasture hay alone had the lowest net return (-114.46 ETB) and had lowest (p |
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