التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Blood Indices of West African Dwarf Goats Fed Graded Levels of Broiler Litter. |
| المؤلفون: |
Muhammad, S. A., Gandi, B. R., Ibrahim, Y. |
| المصدر: |
Agricultural Science Digest; Sep2021, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p498-502, 5p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
POULTRY litter, FISH growth, GOATS, WEIGHT gain, BLOCK designs, ORGANIC compounds |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
WEST Africa |
| مستخلص: |
Background: A study was conducted to investigate effects of broiler litter (BL) on growth performance, nutrient utilization, blood haematology and serum biochemistry of West Africa Dwarf (WAD) goats. Methods: Five complete diets were formulated using BL to replace 40% composition of cottonseed cake at 0 (control), 25, 50, 75 and 100%. Thirty WAD bucks weighing 10.57±0.42 kg were randomly allotted to the five treatments in a randomized complete block design (RCBD). Result: The results revealed that daily feed intake (g) and final weight gain (kg) were statistically similar (p>0.05), but daily feed intake cost (N) and feed cost per kg gain (N/kg) decreased (p<0.05) across the treatments. Dry matter and organic matter digestibility increased (p<0.05), while neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre digestibility decreased (p<0.05) across the diets. There was no statistical difference (p>0.05) in N intake, faecal N, urine N and N retained (as % N intake). The serum biochemistry and haematological parameters were statistically similar (p>0.05). Therefore, replacing 100% of CSC with BL maintained body growth; reduced cost of feed; improved nutrient digestibility and maintained normal blood haematology and serum biochemistry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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