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Supplementation of isonitrogenous oil seed cakes in cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)-tef straw (Eragrostis tef) based feeding of Tigray Highland sheep

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Title Supplementation of isonitrogenous oil seed cakes in cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)-tef straw (Eragrostis tef) based feeding of Tigray Highland sheep
 
Creator Degu, A.
Melaku, S.
Berhane, G.
 
Description Gebreyohannes Berhane is ILRI author
The experiment was conducted at Maichew Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training College, Ethiopia. Twenty four male yearling Tigray Highland sheep with mean body weight (BW) of 21 ± 2.6 kg (mean ± S.D.) were used to investigate the effect of different protein sources on feed intake, nutrient digestibility, BW change and carcass parameters in a study comprising of 90 days feeding trial, followed by 7 days of digestibility trial and evaluation of carcass parameters. Six individually fed animals were used per treatment in a randomized complete block design. The treatments consisted of ad libitum feeding of tef (Eragrostis tef) straw plus 172 g dry matter (DM) of cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) pear (T1, control) and supplementation with 145 g DM cotton seed cake (CSC) (T2), 195 g DM noug seed cake (NSC) (T3) or 149 g DM peanut cake (PNC) (T4) per head per day. The quantity of the supplements was set to supply 62.5 g crude protein (CP). Tef straw DM intake was depressed (P
 
Date 2010-01-14T13:33:21Z
2010-01-14T13:33:21Z
2009-01-16
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Degu, A.; Melaku, S.; Berhane, G. 2009. Supplementation of isonitrogenous oil seed cakes in cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)-tef straw (Eragrostis tef) based feeding of Tigray Highland sheep. Animal Feed Science and Technology. v. 148(2-4). p. 214-226.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/445
 
Language en
 
Source Animal Feed Science and Technology