Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw supplemented with graded levels of dried Sesbania sesban leaves

被引：17

作者：

Tekliye L. ^{[1
]}

Mekuriaw Y. ^{[1
]}

Asmare B. ^{[1
]}

Mehret F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Bahir Dar University, Department of Animal Production and Technology, P. O. Box. 5501, Bahir Dar

来源：

Agriculture & Food Security | / 7卷 / 1期

关键词：

Digestibility; Farta sheep; Feed intake; Sesbania sesban; Urea-treated rice straw;

D O I：

10.1186/s40066-018-0226-9

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

Background: The experiment was conducted using twenty-five Farta sheep to investigate the response of supplementing dried Sesbania sesban leaves (SSL) on feed intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw. Twenty-five male Farta sheep with initial body weight of 18.9±1.7kg (mean±SD) were used in randomized complete block design with five replications. The treatments were 0g Sesbania sesban leaves (SSL) (control T 1), 100g SSL (T 2), 200g SSL (T 3), 300g SSL (T 4) and 400g SSL (T 5). The experiment lasted 90days of growth and 7days of digestibility period. All experimental sheep were given urea-treated rice straw ad libitum as basal diet. Chemical composition of diets and refusals, feed intake, digestibility of dry matter and nutrients, carcass yield and quality were recorded. All collected data were analyzed using general linear model (GLM) procedure of SAS version 9.1.3. Means were separated using Duncan's multiple-range test. Correlations among nutrient intakes, weight gain and digestibility of nutrients were analyzed using Pearson linear correlation test. Results: Results showed that supplementation of SSL significantly increased (P<0.001) total dry matter, crude protein and organic matter intakes. Supplementation of SSL improved the digestibility of dry matter, organic matter (P<0.05), crude protein (P<0.01). Final body weight (P<0.01), average daily gain and feed conversion efficiency (P<0.001) for T 5 were higher for supplement groups, while sheep fed sole UTRS (T 1) lost body weight. Slaughter weight (P<0.01), empty body weight (P<0.01) and hot carcass weight (P<0.001) increase with increase in the level of supplementation. Dressing percentage on slaughter BW basis and EBW basis was higher (P<0.05) for T 5 than control. The partial budge analysis result indicated that sheep fed UTRS alone had the lowest net return (-92.22 ETB), while sheep supplemented with 400g SSL (T 5) had better net return (144.6 ETB) with marginal rate (1.7) compared to the other supplemented treatments. Conclusion: From the study it could be concluded that SSL could serve as alternative CP supplement in urea-treated-based crop residues feeding of growing Farta sheep to improve the biological performance and economic feasibility in the study area. © 2018 The Author(s).

引用

共 36 条

[21]

effect on feed utilization, live weight change and carcass characteristics, (2011)

[22]

Gulilat L., Walelign E., Evaluation of milk production performance of lactating Fogera cows fed with urea and effective micro-organisms treated rice straw as basal diet, Int J Sci Res Publ., 7, pp. 111-119, (2017)

[23]

Gizachew A., Comparative feedlot performance of Washera and Horro sheep fed different roughag to concentrate ratio M.Sc, (2012)

[24]

Mekuriaw Y., Urge M., Anmut G., Intake, digestibility, live weight changes and rumen parameters of Washera sheep fed mixture of low land bamboo (Oxytenanthera abyssinca) leaves and natural pasture grass hay at different ratios, Pak J Nutr, 11, 4, pp. 322-331, (2012)

[25]

Bonsi M.L.K., Osuji P.O., Tuah A.K., Effect of supplementing teff straw with different levels of leucaena or sesbania leaves on the degradabilities of teff straw, sesbania, leucaena, tagasaste and vernonia and on certain rumen and blood metabolites in Ethiopian Menz sheep, Anim Feed Sci Technol, 52, pp. 101-129, (1995)

[26]

Assefa A., Animut G., Supplementation of raw, malted and heat treated grass pea (Lathyrus Sativus) grain on body weight gain and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep, Int J Soil Crop Sci, 1, 1, pp. 1-6, (2013)

[27]

Melaku S., Peters K.J., Tegegne A., Feed intake, live weight gain and reproductive performance of Menz sheep ewes supplemented with Lablab purpures, graded levels of Leucaena pallida 1403 and Sesbania sesban 1998, Livest Prod Sci, 87, pp. 131-142, (2004)

[28]

Manaye T., Tolera A., Zewdu T., Feed intake, digestibility and body weight gain of sheep fed Napier grass mixed with different levels of Sesbania sesban, Livest Sci, 122, 1, pp. 124-129, (2009)

[29]

Moges M., Tamir B., Yami A., The effects supplementation of grass hay with different level of brewery dried grain on feed intake digestibility and body weight gain in intact Wogera lambs, East Afr J Sci, 2, pp. 105-110, (2008)

[30]

Dejen, M.Sc, thesis on effect of supplementation of hay with graded level of rapeseed cake and rice bran mixture on feed intake, digestibility, body weight change and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep, (2011)

← 1 2 3 4 →