Title: EFFECT OF ENSILED CASSAVA LEAVES AND GUINEA GRASS WITH OR WITHOUT MOLASSES ON THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND NUTRIENT INTAKE OF GOATS.
Abstract:The feeding value of ensiled cassava leaves and guinea grass with or without molasses fed WAD goats at different inclusion levels of 0%, 2%, 4% and 6% of DM respectively, was investigated in this expe...The feeding value of ensiled cassava leaves and guinea grass with or without molasses fed WAD goats at different inclusion levels of 0%, 2%, 4% and 6% of DM respectively, was investigated in this experiment. The study lasted for 56 days during which feed intake and performance characteristics were monitored in sixteen male WAD goats using a completely randomized design. Dry matter (DM) intake from the experimental diets were not significant (P < 0.05) except for carbohydrate intake with highest value of 121.18g/d for treatment 1 (0%) molasses and with lowest vales of 72.02g/d for treatment 4 (6%) molasses. The total body weight gain of the animals average daily intake were significantly different (P < 0.05) but decreased as the level of molasses inclusion increases. Growth rate ranged from 48.1g/d to 7.1g/d while the feed conversion ratio ranged from 7.9 to 1.3 respectively. The concentrate intake of CP, DM and NDF decreased as the level of inclusion of molasses increased and were significantly different (P<0.05). The inclusion level of molasses in the silage feed for ruminant animals on DM basis can be up to 6%.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-10-18
Language: en
Type: article
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