Evaluation of Bye-Products of Carcass of West African Dwarf Goats Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Steam-Treated Cashew Nut Shell
Ocheja Josiah Omachi,
Yahaya Babawuro,
Bukola Ojo Adewale,
Gboshe Peter Noah
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
48-51
Received:
19 August 2019
Accepted:
21 September 2019
Published:
9 November 2019
Abstract: Twenty (20) growing west African dwarf goats were confined and fed concentrate diets containing 0% (T1), 10% (T2), 15% (T3) and 20% (T4) steam-treated cashew nut shell at 100g/goat/day to determine the effect of cashew nut shell on by-products of the goats` carcass, the experiment lasted for 100days after an adjustment period of 14 days, the goats were served water ad Libitum. Fresh bamboo leaves were fed at 300g/goat/day 2 hours before the concentrate. At the end of the feeding trial three (3) goats from each treatment were slaughtered, dressed and the respective by-products to be determined were cut off, weighed and converted to percentage of slaughter weight the experimental design was a completely randomized design data obtained were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significant treatment means were separated using Least Significant Difference (LSD) option of SPSS version 16 of 2006 edition. Samples of browse species and the supplement diets were analyzed for their proximate composition using standard procedure (AOAC, 1995). Daily supplement intake and total daily dry matter intake values ranged from 4461g(T4)-91.54g(T1) and 216.75(T4)-258.99g(T2) and were significantly p>0.05 different. Daily forage intake values ranged from 165.07(T1)-176.10(T3) were not significantly (p>0.05) different. The weight for the full gut, empty gut, gut content, hooves and blood were not significantly (p, 0.05) different. However abdominal fat weight ranged from 0.17%-0.24% and showed significant (p<0.05)different. It was concluded that cashew nut shell up to 20% level of inclusion had no significant effect on nearly all the bye-products of west African dwarf goats. It was therefore recommended that further research should use higher levels of inclusion of cashew nut shell as well as using other species of ruminant such as sheep and cattle.
Abstract: Twenty (20) growing west African dwarf goats were confined and fed concentrate diets containing 0% (T1), 10% (T2), 15% (T3) and 20% (T4) steam-treated cashew nut shell at 100g/goat/day to determine the effect of cashew nut shell on by-products of the goats` carcass, the experiment lasted for 100days after an adjustment period of 14 days, the goats ...
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Effect of Acacia albida Pods Associated to Polyethylene Glycol on the In vitro Digestibility of Rice Straw Treated with Banana Leaves Ashes Extract in Goat
Lemoufouet Jules,
Tendonkeng Fernand,
Kana Jean Raphael,
Miégoué Emile,
Mube Kuitche Hervé,
Tchio Sah Rodrigue,
Mekuiko Watsop Hippolyte,
Nathalie Mweugang Ngouopo,
Matumuini Ndzani Essie Ference,
Pamo Tedonkeng Etienne
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
52-59
Received:
15 October 2019
Accepted:
15 November 2019
Published:
4 December 2019
Abstract: In order to satisfy the feed requirements of animals in short periods, the integration of livestock to plant production appears as a promising route. Thus, the aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of Acacia albida pods associated to polyethylene glycol on the in vitro digestibility of rice straw treated with extract of ashes of banana leaves, incubated with ruminal fluid from a goat. The study was carried out from March to June 2018 in the Research Unit of Animal Production and Nutrition (URPRONAN) and in the Laboratory of Soil Sciences of the University of Dschang. The rice straw and the banana leaves were harvested in the Agricultural Research Institute for Development (IRAD) of Santchou and Dschang respectively; whereas the Acacia albida pods were collected in the Region of Koundoul, locality situated at 25km from Ndjamena in Tchad. At the beginning of the experiment, after the preparation of the ash extract, treatment of rice straw and formulation of the rations, samples were taken in order to determine the chemical composition and evaluate the in vitro digestibility. The results showed that the treatment with ash extract led to an increase in sodium (801 to 900 mg/kg), phosphorus (1537.45 mg/kg), calcium (2440 to 11520 mg/kg), magnesium (1243 to 1410 mg/kg) and potassium (5951.75 to 10276.75 mg/kg) content. Contrarily, it induces a decrease in the content of organic matter (from 90.13 to 81.86%DM), lipids (from 1.39 to 0.39) and NDF (from 96.44 to 77.57). However, the reverse effect was observed with contents in ash (from 9.96 to 18.13%DM). The complementation of rice straw with Acacia albida pods associated or not to polyethylene glycol significantly (p<0.05) improved all the parameters of in vitro digestibility of rice straw treated or not, except the partitioning factor (PF) where the values were comparable (p>0.05). The in vitro digestibility of dry matter and the microbial mass (MM) instead observed a slight decrease. Apart from the residual nitrogen, the highest values of the other parameters of in vitro digestibility were obtained with treated rice straw compared to untreated rice straw. Acacia albida pods associated to polyethylene glycol on the in vitro digestibility of rice straw treated with banana leaves ashes extract improves digestibility’s parameters in goat.
Abstract: In order to satisfy the feed requirements of animals in short periods, the integration of livestock to plant production appears as a promising route. Thus, the aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of Acacia albida pods associated to polyethylene glycol on the in vitro digestibility of rice straw treated with extract of ashes of banana leaves...
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