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Evaluation of chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of stovers of different pearl millet varieties and their effect on the performance of sheep in the West African Sahel

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Title Evaluation of chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of stovers of different pearl millet varieties and their effect on the performance of sheep in the West African Sahel
 
Creator Umutoni, Clarisse
Bado, V.
Whitbread, Anthony M.
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
Gangashetty, P.
 
Subject sheep
crop residues
feed crops
livestock
farming
animal feeding
 
Description The objective of this study was to assess the chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of residues of five pearl millet varieties and to investigate their effect on the performance of sheep. Thirty castrated male Bali-Bali sheep were randomly assigned to five treatments. Four dual-purpose millet varieties and one local variety-Somno were used. Sheep were fed ad libitum for 90 days with the stover of five millet varieties, complemented with cowpea hay. Stover of varieties ICMV167005 and ICMV167002 showed a tendency for a higher nitrogen content (1.0%) and in vitro digestibility (51.3% and 51.8%, respectively) compared to stover of other varieties. Significant differences were observed in average daily live weight gain. The animals fed with stover of the variety ICMV167005 in their diet had higher average daily live weight gain compared with others. We conclude that ICMV167005 is a promising variety for improving the productive performance of sheep.
 
Date 2021-04-03
2021-06-17T11:41:18Z
2021-06-17T11:41:18Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Umutoni, C., Bado, V., Whitbread, A., Ayantunde, A., and Gangashetty, P. 2021. Evaluation of chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of stovers of different pearl millet varieties and their effect on the performance of sheep in the West African Sahel. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science 70(2): 91-99.
1651-1972
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113991
https://doi.org/10.1080/09064702.2021.1919193
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Open Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science