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Evaluation of on-farm goat fattening practice using cow pea hay with concentrate
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Evaluation of on-farm goat fattening practice using cow pea hay with concentrate
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Zelalem, Tikunesh
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on-farm fattening practice
cow pea hay concetrate Cowpea Goats |
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An experiment was conducted in Das dinzaz kebele of Gumara Maksegnit watershed to evaluate fattening of 36 castrated goats at the age of one year and with initial weight of 28.2kg using cow pea hay and concentrate supplementation with different proportions. The treatments were browsing alone (T1), browsing +100% concentrate (T2), browsing +100% cow pea hay (T3), browsing+ 50% cow pea hay with 50% concentrate(T4), , browsing +25% cow pea hay with 75% concentrate (T5) and browsing+ 75% cow pea hay with 25% concentrate (T6) for a duration of 105 days. Each animal has free access to browsing and pure water. Average initial body weight (28.2 kg) was not different between feeding treatment groups. The mean final weight (Kg), total body weight gain (Kg) and average daily weight gain (g) obtained were 33.88±4.00, 5.65±1.19 and 62.87±13.24, respectively. Total body weight gain and average daily body weight gain were significantly different (p
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2016-11-05
2016-11-24T11:31:34Z 2016-11-24T11:31:34Z |
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Internal Report
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https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/NUrPVUmT
Tikunesh Zelalem. (5/11/2016). Evaluation of on-farm goat fattening practice using cow pea hay with concentrate. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5091 Open access |
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en
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CC-BY-NC-4.0
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PDF
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