Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep

Yankasa sheep were used to study effects of palm kernel meal (PKM) on nutrient utilization and performance. The - in sacco - degradation studies revealed that potential protein degradation in the rumen was high but the very low rate of degradation (0.031 (per hour)) made 50-61 percent protein of PKM...

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Autores principales: Umunna, N.N., Magaji, I.Y., Adu, I.F., Njoku, P.C., Balogun, T.F., Alawa, J.P., Iji, P.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28862
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author Umunna, N.N.
Magaji, I.Y.
Adu, I.F.
Njoku, P.C.
Balogun, T.F.
Alawa, J.P.
Iji, P.A.
author_browse Adu, I.F.
Alawa, J.P.
Balogun, T.F.
Iji, P.A.
Magaji, I.Y.
Njoku, P.C.
Umunna, N.N.
author_facet Umunna, N.N.
Magaji, I.Y.
Adu, I.F.
Njoku, P.C.
Balogun, T.F.
Alawa, J.P.
Iji, P.A.
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description Yankasa sheep were used to study effects of palm kernel meal (PKM) on nutrient utilization and performance. The - in sacco - degradation studies revealed that potential protein degradation in the rumen was high but the very low rate of degradation (0.031 (per hour)) made 50-61 percent protein of PKM undegradable in the rumen. In experiment 1 (62 days), 5 isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets containing 0, 20, 35, 50 and 65 percent PKM were fed to growing rams. In experiment 2, PKM substituted all the cottonseed cake (CSC) and 0, 33, 66 and 100 percent of maize giving diets containing 0, 49, 70 and 90 percent PKM. In both experiments average daily gain, DM intake, feed conversion efficiency and DM digestibility were not significantly affected. Higher values of some carcass characteristics in favour of PKM diets reflected higher weight at slaughter. Cost of the diets decreased with increasing level of PKM making it economically attractive to use PKM in the diet of sheep.
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spelling CGSpace288622023-03-18T10:01:22Z Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep Umunna, N.N. Magaji, I.Y. Adu, I.F. Njoku, P.C. Balogun, T.F. Alawa, J.P. Iji, P.A. liveweight gain feed intake feed conversion efficiency digestibility carcasses costs economics agroindustrial byproducts palm kernel cake protein degradation rumen sheep Yankasa sheep were used to study effects of palm kernel meal (PKM) on nutrient utilization and performance. The - in sacco - degradation studies revealed that potential protein degradation in the rumen was high but the very low rate of degradation (0.031 (per hour)) made 50-61 percent protein of PKM undegradable in the rumen. In experiment 1 (62 days), 5 isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets containing 0, 20, 35, 50 and 65 percent PKM were fed to growing rams. In experiment 2, PKM substituted all the cottonseed cake (CSC) and 0, 33, 66 and 100 percent of maize giving diets containing 0, 49, 70 and 90 percent PKM. In both experiments average daily gain, DM intake, feed conversion efficiency and DM digestibility were not significantly affected. Higher values of some carcass characteristics in favour of PKM diets reflected higher weight at slaughter. Cost of the diets decreased with increasing level of PKM making it economically attractive to use PKM in the diet of sheep. 1994-03 2013-05-06T07:01:36Z 2013-05-06T07:01:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28862 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Journal of Applied Animal Research;5(1): 1-11
spellingShingle liveweight gain
feed intake
feed conversion efficiency
digestibility
carcasses
costs
economics
agroindustrial byproducts
palm kernel cake
protein degradation
rumen
sheep
Umunna, N.N.
Magaji, I.Y.
Adu, I.F.
Njoku, P.C.
Balogun, T.F.
Alawa, J.P.
Iji, P.A.
Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title_full Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title_fullStr Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title_short Utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
title_sort utilization of palm kernel meal by sheep
topic liveweight gain
feed intake
feed conversion efficiency
digestibility
carcasses
costs
economics
agroindustrial byproducts
palm kernel cake
protein degradation
rumen
sheep
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28862
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