ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE FEED INGREDIENTS IN FATTENING DIETS OF BARKI LAMBS AND KIDS REARED BY BEDOUINS IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT. | ||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||
| Article 4, Volume 29, Issue 4, April 2004, Pages 1697-1709 PDF (668.4 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2004.239147 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. M. M. SALEM, | ||
| Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Twenty-seven -5- month old male Barki lambs weighing 28.5 7~3. 18 kg and twenty-seven -4- mon!l\ desert male kids wei{jhiog 18.13~ 1.56 kg were reared in shaded pans at Bedouins premises where Acacia saligna, barley aod beans are available at EI-Kasr, (MalrOah Government). The objectives or this study were to Include the relatively available feed resources In replacement of feed concentrate mixture (CFM) and ciovsr hay In the faHening diets o( lambs and kids. Animals within each species ware divided Into three equal groups and were assigned at random to receive one of three dlelary treatments. The cootrct group received Ina traditional faltenlng diet composed of berseem hay and CFM. Barey grains and small amount of bean seeds repjaced CFM in diet 2, wl'lile Acacia replaced berseern hay and barley grains ana bean seeds replaced CFM in die I J. The e Xj)8rimenl lasted for 95 days. Three animals from 80ch treatment and species W&fe slaughtered by Ihe end of 1M experiment (or carcass evaivaucn. The results revealed Ihal averaqe dally gain was 195, 252 and 254<] lor lambs fed rations In treatments TS" TS2 and TS), respectlvety. Dally gain (or kids was 121, 100 and ~ 16g fed rations in treatments TG" TG, and TG), rssoecnvefv. Corresponding values (or the feed conversion utiliz atlcn (kg TON/kg gain) for lambs were 3.73. 3.51 and 3.36 whife thai for kkls was 4.53, 6.02 and 5.':9. respectivery. Feeding lambs and kids on Acacia saligna phylfodes. caused an aopreclabte reductlon in fp.edi~ cost 101 producing one kg body welghL Tbe average dre5.5ing percentages based on fasting body weight were 48.33. 41.67 and 44 (or lambs in TSt. 1S1 and TS). respectively. The. corresponding averages for kids were 28.83. 27.33 and 20.16 for rations in TG" TG, and TG) .. Boneless meal percentages (or lambs were 2.71. 2.31 and 2.?6 wili"\ highe-r values lor kids 2.67,2.55 and 2.89. The use of »cecie seligna and barley grains, which are available in Ihe area. with small amounts of bean seeds to replace (lither hay or CFM (or fattening larnbs and kids may be recommended. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| acacia; beans. sheep; goats; feed intake; feeding vatue grovl1h. carcass quality) | ||
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