NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF ENZOSE AS REPLACEMENT OF CORN GRAIN FOR GROWING LAMBS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||
| Article 15, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 1-12 PDF (168.68 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2010.27364 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahr- un- Nisa; Muhammad Aasif Shahzad; Muhammad Sarwar | ||
| Institute of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT The study was conducted to evaluate the potential of enzose as substitute of corn grain for energy in growing lambs. Five experimental diets were formulated. The control diet (E0) had no enzose whereas enzose replaced 20, 40, 60 and 80% corn grain in E20, E40, E60 and E 80 diets on the basis of energy supply, respectively. Fifty growing lambs were divided into 5 groups, 10 animals in each, in a randomized complete block design. The dry matter intake increased linearly with increasing the dietary enzose concentration. Similar trend was observed for crude protein, neutral and acid detergent fibres. Lambs fed E80 diet gained higher weight than those fed E0 diets. Maximum weight gain was recorded in lambs fed diets containing maximum concentration of enzose. Cost of feed per Kg live weight produced was higher in lambs fed E0 diet than those fed E80 diet; however, feed conversion ratio remained unaltered across all diets. Replacing corn with enzose had also non-significant effect on carcass characteristics. In conclusion, enzose can be used as an economical feed ingredient to replace corn grain upto 60%, without any adverse effects on growth performance of growing lambs. | ||
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