Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria

Results of two completed and one continuing feeding/growth trials are discussed. When fed Panicum maximum plus concentrates ad lib, West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks attain a growth rate of 60 gd-1 at a DDMI of 53.3g kg0.75d-1 , which is estimated to be approximately 1.8 times the DDMI needed for maint...

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Autores principales: Ademosun, A.A., Bosman, H.G., Roessen, P.L.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70750
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author Ademosun, A.A.
Bosman, H.G.
Roessen, P.L.
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Roessen, P.L.
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Roessen, P.L.
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description Results of two completed and one continuing feeding/growth trials are discussed. When fed Panicum maximum plus concentrates ad lib, West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks attain a growth rate of 60 gd-1 at a DDMI of 53.3g kg0.75d-1 , which is estimated to be approximately 1.8 times the DDMI needed for maintenance. These animals had a heavier dressed carcass (7.15 vs 4.75 kg) and more abdominal fat (0.70 vs 0.11 kg) than WAD bucks receiving P.Maximum plus Leucaena leucocephala. Growth rates of WAD goats fed on Gliricidia sepium only were similar to those reported for goats at village level. Supplementation with either young fertilized Panicum maximum (A), Manihot esculenta (B) or Leucaena leucocephala (C) improved DDMI (A: 40.6, B: 45.7, C: 42.3 vs 37.9 (Gliricidia only) g.kg-0.75.d-1). Leucaena supplementation also gave significantly higher growth rates (36.0 vs 23.3 g.d-1) than Gliricidia alone. The response to cassava supplementation was confusing and further investigation is required.
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spelling CGSpace707502023-02-15T13:11:05Z Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria Ademosun, A.A. Bosman, H.G. Roessen, P.L. goats feeds crops humid zones supplementary feeding feed intake growth rate leucaena manihot esculenta panicum maximum Results of two completed and one continuing feeding/growth trials are discussed. When fed Panicum maximum plus concentrates ad lib, West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks attain a growth rate of 60 gd-1 at a DDMI of 53.3g kg0.75d-1 , which is estimated to be approximately 1.8 times the DDMI needed for maintenance. These animals had a heavier dressed carcass (7.15 vs 4.75 kg) and more abdominal fat (0.70 vs 0.11 kg) than WAD bucks receiving P.Maximum plus Leucaena leucocephala. Growth rates of WAD goats fed on Gliricidia sepium only were similar to those reported for goats at village level. Supplementation with either young fertilized Panicum maximum (A), Manihot esculenta (B) or Leucaena leucocephala (C) improved DDMI (A: 40.6, B: 45.7, C: 42.3 vs 37.9 (Gliricidia only) g.kg-0.75.d-1). Leucaena supplementation also gave significantly higher growth rates (36.0 vs 23.3 g.d-1) than Gliricidia alone. The response to cassava supplementation was confusing and further investigation is required. 1985 2016-02-08T09:02:43Z 2016-02-08T09:02:43Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70750 en Limited Access
spellingShingle goats
feeds
crops
humid zones
supplementary feeding
feed intake
growth rate
leucaena
manihot esculenta
panicum maximum
Ademosun, A.A.
Bosman, H.G.
Roessen, P.L.
Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title_full Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title_fullStr Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title_short Nutritional studies with West African Dwarf goats in the humid zone of Nigeria
title_sort nutritional studies with west african dwarf goats in the humid zone of nigeria
topic goats
feeds
crops
humid zones
supplementary feeding
feed intake
growth rate
leucaena
manihot esculenta
panicum maximum
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70750
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