Pre and Post-natal Nutrition of Ewes on the Performances of Native Bengal Ewes and Their Lambs

Sadek Ahmed; Md. Rezaul Hai Rakib; Rahat Ara Karim; Swapon Kumar Fouzder; Nusrat Jahan; Nasrin Sultana; Md. Ershaduzzaman

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Pre and Post-natal Nutrition of Ewes on the Performances of Native Bengal Ewes and Their Lambs

Sadek Ahmed, Md. Rezaul Hai Rakib, Rahat Ara Karim, Swapon Kumar Fouzder, Nusrat Jahan, Nasrin Sultana, Md. Ershaduzzaman

Published in Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 12 February 2017 Accepted: 27 February 2017 Published: 18 March 2017

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The aim of the study is to determine the effects of different plane of nutrition during late pregnancy to lactation on the performances of ewes and their offspring to weaning. About 36 native Bengal ewes of last 7 weeks gestation were randomly assigned to four different groups (T₀, T₁, T₂, T₃). The T₀, T₁, T₂ and T₃ groups were supplemented a concentrate mixture at 0.0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% of their body weight, respectively. Chopped German grass (Echinochloa polystachya) was provided as basal forages to ewes and a creep mixture (20 g/lamb/day) to the lambs from 2 weeks of age with a weakly increase of 10 g/lamb. The results shown that ewes dry matter intake (p < 0.01), milk yield (p < 0.05), days open (p < 0.01), live weight gain before lambing (p < 0.01) and at weaning (p < 0.01) and weight recovery from late gestation to weaning (p < 0.05) improved with high plane of nutrition. Higher weight recovery found in T₂ group. Litter size had an effect on (p < 0.01) all weight traits of lambs and ewes milk yield. Sex of lamb also affects (p < 0.05) the weaning weight and daily gain of lambs.

Published in	Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.avs.20170502.12
Page(s)	33-38
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Native Bengal Ewes, Lambs, Pre and Post-natal Nutrition

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Sadek Ahmed

Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Rezaul Hai Rakib

Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rahat Ara Karim

Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Swapon Kumar Fouzder

Department of Poultry Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
Nusrat Jahan

Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nasrin Sultana

Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Ershaduzzaman

Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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