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Growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing ram lambs fed sweet sorghum bagasse-based complete rations varying in roughage-to-concentrate ratios

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0272-4
10.1007/s11250-012-0272-4
 
Title Growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing ram lambs fed sweet sorghum bagasse-based complete rations varying in roughage-to-concentrate ratios
 
Creator Nalini Kumari, N
Ramana Reddy, Y
Blummel, M
Nagalakshmi, D
Monika, T
Reddy, B V S
Reddy, C R
 
Subject Sorghum
Food and Nutrition
 
Description Different roughage-to-concentrate ratios of sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) (a by-product of the biofuel industry)-based complete diets were assessed. Twenty four growing Nellore × Deccani ram lambs aged about 3 months (average body wt., 10.62 ± 0.25 kg) were randomly allotted to four complete rations (CR) varying in roughage-to-concentrate ratios viz. 60:40 (CR-I), 50:50 (CR-II), 40:60 (CR-III) and 30:70(CR-IV) for a period of 180 days. The feed intake was comparable among the lambs fed different experimental complete diets. Average daily weight gain (in grams) was 77.31 ± 4.90, 81.76 ± 5.16, 85.83 ± 2.83 and 86.30 ± 3.25, and feed conversion ratio (in kilograms of feed per kilogram gain) averaged 11.42 ± 0.68, 10.57 ± 0.64, 10.17 ± 0.37 and 9.96 ± 0.38 in ram lambs fed CR-I, CR-II, CR-III and CR-IV rations, respectively. Statistically, differences in daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio among the lambs fed four experimental rations were not significant (P > 0.05). The cost per kilogram gain was significantly (P 
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Language en
en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6159/7/Nalini_Revised_RC_postprint_2012.pdf
http://oar.icrisat.org/6159/1/TAHP_Growth_2012.pdf
Nalini Kumari, N and Ramana Reddy, Y and Blummel, M and Nagalakshmi, D and Monika, T and Reddy, B V S and Reddy, C R (2013) Growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing ram lambs fed sweet sorghum bagasse-based complete rations varying in roughage-to-concentrate ratios. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 45 (2). pp. 649-655. ISSN 1573-7438