Dry matter intake and digestibility of nutrients by yankassa sheep fed diet in which biscuit waste and leucaena leucocephala leaf replaced maize and wheat offal mixture
Joint Authors
Eniolorunda, O. O.
Ogungbesan, M. A.
Adebusola, A. F.
Source
Assuit Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Issue
Vol. 46, Issue 5 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.11-18, 8 p.
Publisher
Assiut University Faculty of Agriculture
Publication Date
2015-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 21-day trial was conducted to find out the digestibility and utilization of biscuit waste meal/Leucaena leucocephala leaf hay (B WM/Llh) mixture in the diet of growing sheep.
The test mixture was used to formulate diets in which it replaced maize/wheat offal mixture at 0 (control), 25, 50, 75 and 100% inclusion levels and were designated as B0, B25, B50, B75 and B100 respectively.
Twenty entire Yankassa rams with average initial live weight of 12.16±0.34kg were used in the completely randomized design experiment with 4 animals per treatment.
Statistical analysis result showed that the Dry Matter intake (g/d) values of 673.73, 664.63 and 653.17 obtained on diets B25, B50 and B75 were each higher (p<0.005) than (647.23) offered to the control.
Percentage Dry Matter digestibility decreased (p<0.05) from 87.54, 83.60, 77.90, 77.30 and 75.50 respectively in sheep receiving the test mixture diets.
The digestibilities of crude protein, crude fibre and its fractions, nitrogen free extraction and energy which followed the same pattern as dry matter digestibility decreased (P<0.05) as the level of BWM/Llh mixture increased.
However nitrogen absorbed and retained by animals on the mixture based diets B25, B50 and the control (B0) were similar (P> 0.05).
In conclusion, replacing maize, wheat offal mixture with biscuit waste meal, Leucaena leucocephala leaf hay mixture may be used until less than 75% in the diet of growing sheep.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Eniolorunda, O. O.& Ogungbesan, M. A.& Adebusola, A. F.. 2015. Dry matter intake and digestibility of nutrients by yankassa sheep fed diet in which biscuit waste and leucaena leucocephala leaf replaced maize and wheat offal mixture. Assuit Journal of Agricultural Sciences،Vol. 46, no. 5, pp.11-18.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Eniolorunda, O. O.…[et al.]. Dry matter intake and digestibility of nutrients by yankassa sheep fed diet in which biscuit waste and leucaena leucocephala leaf replaced maize and wheat offal mixture. Assuit Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 46, no. 5 (2015), pp.11-18.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Eniolorunda, O. O.& Ogungbesan, M. A.& Adebusola, A. F.. Dry matter intake and digestibility of nutrients by yankassa sheep fed diet in which biscuit waste and leucaena leucocephala leaf replaced maize and wheat offal mixture. Assuit Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2015. Vol. 46, no. 5, pp.11-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-879357
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-879357