scholarly journals Performance and haematological parameters of Kano brown bucks fed diet containing graded levels of cottonseed cake

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
H. I. Finangwai ◽  
C. J. Orisakwe ◽  
P. Joshua ◽  
E. D. Udoh ◽  
B. S. Dafur
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Haematological Parameters ◽  
Protein Supplement ◽  
Cottonseed Cake ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Feed Cost ◽  
Ad Libitum

A 60 day study was carried out to determine the effect of protein supplement in Kano brown bucks. Twenty four bucks with initial weight of 10.25-12.33 kg were grouped into three of eight bucks each and were randomly assigned to the three treatment diets in a completely randomized design. Prior to this, concentrate diets were formulated to contain 15%, 30% and 45% cottonseed cake (CSC) as the protein supplement in the dietary treatments. Crop residues formed the basal diet and were fed ad libitum. Alongside, fresh clean water was provided to goats ad libitum. Parameters determined during the experiment were feed intake, daily weight changes, Feed cost and and haematological parameters. Result showed that protein, EE, lysine, methionine and fibre contents increased with increasing levels of CSC in diet, whereas ME in kcal/kg reduced as CSC in diet increased. Feed intake significantly (P<0.05) decreased with increasing levels of CSC in diet across treatment. Final weight gain, average daily live weight and feed to gain ratio significantly (P<0.05) increased when CSC in diet increased from 15% to 45%. Feed cost (N/kg) increased with increased in CSC. However, cost of concentrate intake and feed cost/gain were better for animal fed 45%. Although, varying levels of CSC in diet significantly (P<0.05) influenced the haematological values of WBC, PVC and were within acceptable regions. The distribution of neutrophils, lymptrocytes, monocytes, basophils and eosinophils reduced with increasing levels of CSC in diet, though were not significantly (P>0.05) affected by variation of levels of CSC in diets. It is concluded that including protein supplement such as cottonseed cake in buck diets at 45% can be beneficial to Kano brown bucks.

scholarly journals Performance and haematological parameters of Kano brown bucks fed diet containing graded levels of cottonseed cake

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-359
Author(s):  
H. I. Finangwai ◽  
C. J. Orisakwe ◽  
P. Joshua ◽  
E. D. Udoh ◽  
B. S. Dafur
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Haematological Parameters ◽  
Protein Supplement ◽  
Cottonseed Cake ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Feed Cost ◽  
Ad Libitum

A 60 day study was carried out to determine the effect of protein supplement in Kano brown bucks. Twenty four bucks with initial weight of 10.25-12.33 kg were grouped into three of eight bucks each and were randomly assigned to the three treatment diets in a completely randomized design. Prior to this, concentrate diets were formulated to contain 15%, 30% and 45% cottonseed cake (CSC) as the protein supplement in the dietary treatments. Crop residues formed the basal diet and were fed ad libitum. Alongside, fresh clean water was provided to goats ad libitum. Parameters determined during the experiment were feed intake, daily weight changes, Feed cost and and haematological parameters. Result showed that protein, EE, lysine, methionine and fibre contents increased with increasing levels of CSC in diet, whereas ME in kcal/kg reduced as CSC in diet increased. Feed intake significantly (P<0.05) decreased with increasing levels of CSC in diet across treatment. Final weight gain, average daily live weight and feed to gain ratio significantly (P<0.05) increased when CSC in diet increased from 15% to 45%. Feed cost (N/kg) increased with increased in CSC. However, cost of concentrate intake and feed cost/gain were better for animal fed 45%. Although, varying levels of CSC in diet significantly (P<0.05) influenced the haematological values of WBC, PVC and were within acceptable regions. The distribution of neutrophils, lymptrocytes, monocytes, basophils and eosinophils reduced with increasing levels of CSC in diet, though were not significantly (P>0.05) affected by variation of levels of CSC in diets. It is concluded that including protein supplement such as cottonseed cake in buck diets at 45% can be beneficial to Kano brown bucks.  

The effect of feeding in early lactation on feed intake, yields of milk, fat and protein and on live-weight change over one lactation cycle in dairy cows

1984 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Weight Change ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Early Lactation ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Potential Yield ◽  
Energy Deficiency ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Lactation Cycle

SummaryAn experiment has been made to study the effect of level of feeding in early lactation on the feed intake, yields of milk, fat and protein and on live-weight change over one lactation cycle. Adult British Friesian cows of high potential yield were randomly allocated to high (HP) or moderate (MP) levels of feeding for 20 weeks. They were then randomly allocated within treatments to controlled or ad libitum levels of feeding for the rest of the lactation.There were significant effects of feeding in the early part of lactation on the yields of milk, protein and lactose but not on milk fat or live-weight change. Cows on the MP treatment produced about 450 kg milk from body energy reserves but were unable to supplement fully the dietary energy deficiency. There was no significant response to feeding ad libitum in the second part of lactation and the differences in yields established in the first part were maintained in the second. There was no relationship between feed intake and milk yield for cows fed ad libitum nor did the level of feeding in early lactation influence the level of intake in the later part.There was little agreement between calculated energy balance and the live-weight changes but there was more between live-weight change and condition score.

scholarly journals Effect of time of using feed blocks as supplementary feed on the weightchanges and reproductive performance of Awassi yearling ewes depend on crop residues as basal diet

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Hadeel K. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Crop Residues ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Conception Rate ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Weight Losses ◽  
Conventional Diet ◽  
Barley Grains ◽  
Supplementary Feed

This study was conducted to evaluate the Effect of time of using feedblocks (FB) as supplementary feed on the weight changes and reproductiveperformance of Awassi yearling ewes depend on crop residues as basal diet. .Sixty Awassi yearling ewes (mean live weight 39.51 kg) aged 12-13 monthswere allocated into four groups according to their live weight. First group (T1)fed conventional diet (barley grains + straw). The second group (T2) fedconventional diet plus FB during pre and post mating. The third group (T3) fedconventional diet plus FB during pre and mating. The fourth group (T4) fedconventional diet plus FB during post mating. The results of this experimentshowed that using FB as supplementary feed reduced the weight losses ofAwassi yearling ewes. FB supplementation improved conception rate of Awassiyearling ewes as compared with control group (T1). The T2 group had thehighest conception rate (86.66%) followed by T3 and T4 (73.33%) and thelowest group T1 (66.66%). Using FB during pre mating (T2, T3) reducedmating season of Awassi yearling ewes were 70-82% of these lambed from 1stcycle. Lambing percentage increased considerably due to FB supplementation.The lambing percentages were 100, 87, 80 and 73% for groups T2, T3, T4 andT1 respectively.

scholarly journals Exogenous phytase for better utilization of parboiled rice polish based diet on the growth and meat yield of Japanese quail

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
DK Sarkar ◽  
M Mahiuddin ◽  
MS Ali ◽  
MMH Azad ◽  
MAR Howlider
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Heart Weight ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Meat Yield ◽  
Parboiled Rice ◽  
Japanese Quails ◽  
Feed Cost ◽  
Old Japanese ◽  
Ad Libitum

For the abundant use of parboiled rice polish (PRP), dietary grains were replaced by 200g/kg and 400g/kg PRP with or without phytase supplementation. A total of 108 seven days old Japanese quails were fed ad libitum up to 35 days of age for better utilization of PRP. Increasing PRP with or without phytase supplementation did not influence live weight and feed intake. Supplementation of phytase improved feed conversion only in diet containing 200g/kg PRP (p<0.05). Feed cost/kg quail decreased with the addition of phytase at 200g/kg PRP diet, but increased on 400g/kg PRP diet. Dressing yield was improved (p<0.05) in 200g/kg PRP diet with phytase supplementation. There was an increase (p<0.05) in thigh meat for application of phytase in 400g/kg PRP diet. Heart weight increased (p<0.05) on 200g/kg PRP diet and decreased on 400g/kg PRP. It was concluded that substitution of costly grains by 200g/kg cheaper PRP with phytase might reduce the feed cost without affecting feed intake, live weight and meat yield of quails. DOI: http://dx.dol.org/10.3329/BJAS.v40i1-2.10681 Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2011. 40 (1-2): 8-12

Effects of nutrition in late pregnancy on subsequent milk production in Ewes

1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. T. Treacher
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Lower Content ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Total Birth ◽  
Weight Gains ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Voluntary Intake

SUMMARY1. Scottish Half-bred ewes carrying twin foetuses were fed individually to make live-weight gains in the last six weeks of pregnancy of (1) 20%, (2) 10% and (3) 0% of their live weight in week 14 of pregnancy. In lactation the ewes were fed ad libitum. The lambs were removed 12 to 16 hr after parturition and the ewes were machine-milked twice daily for the first six weeks of lactation.2. Total birth weights per ewe of twin lambs from the treatments were (1) 10·10 kg, (2) 9·44 kg and (3) 8·18 kg and differed significantly.3. The level and pattern of voluntary intake in lactation did not differ significantly between the treatments. Total dry-matter intakes in the six weeks of lactation were (1) 121·9 kg (2) 105·9 kg and (3) 109·5 kg.4. The pregnancy treatments affected the level of milk production and the shape of lactation curves. The total yields in the first six weeks of lactation were (1) 58·8 kg, (2) 43·5 kg and (3) 26·9 kg. Higher contents of fat and protein and the lower content of lactose in the milk from treatment-3 ewes on days 1 and 3 of lactation indicated a slower onset of lactation in these ewes. Between days 7 and 35 of lactation the contents of fat and SNF were lowest on treatment 3 but the differences were not significant.5. The live-weight changes in lactation, which were in inverse order to the gains in late pregnancy, were (1) 3·4 kg, (2) 5·5 kg and (3) 9·5 kg.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF Albizia saman PODS SUPPLEMENTATION ON FEED INTAKE AND LIVE WEIGHT CHANGES OF WHITE FULANI CALVES

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
B. A. ADEBIYI ◽  
J. A. ADENEYE
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Grass Hay ◽  
Guinea Grass ◽  
White Fulani ◽  
Albizia Saman ◽  
Cassava Waste

Nine weaned White Fulani Calves aged between 3 - 13 months, weighing between 28 - 71kg werte fed on ratios consisting of basal Guinea grass hay and 0, 15, 30% Albizia saman replacement for cassava waste in a concentrate ration and each period lasting 28 days feed intake and live weight changes of White Fulani Calves were determined. The DM intake increased with increased level of Albizia saman in the ration, the highest liveweight changes was recorded when the animals were fed 30% Albizia saman whole pod. The result showed that Albizia saman whole pod promotes intake and live weight changes of White Fulani calves, thus can be fed without any adverse effect on calves.

Milk production from diets of silage and dried forage. 1. Effects of methods of processing dried grass and of including barley in the supplementation of grass silage given ad libitum

1976 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Tayler ◽  
K. Aston
Keyword(s):  
Energy Content ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Experimental Period ◽  
Milk Composition ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Digestible Organic Matter ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Female Cattle

SUMMARY1. Young adult and adult British Friesian female cattle (heifers and cows) which were lactating were individually fed on diets of grass silage ad libitum with supplements of dried grass, dried grass/barley or barley/groundnut in two randomized block experiments.2. In Experiment I, equal quantities of dry matter (DM) as dried grass in the form of a wafer (W), cob (C) or pellet (P) were given with the silage during weeks 8 to 18 of lactation, to three groups of 12 heifers. Silage DM intakes were respectively 14·2, 14·3 and 15·8 ± 0·43 g/kg live weight per day (P<0·05). Milk yields were 14·0, 15·6, 16·7 ± 0·35 kg/day (P< 0·001). Milk composition and live-weight change did not differ significantly.3. In Experiment II, five treatment groups of heifers and cows were offered silage with equal amounts of a supplement of either dried grass pellets (treatment 1) or dried grass/barley in the ratios of 2: 1 (treatment 2), 1: 2 (treatment 3), or a barley/groundnut supplement (treatment 4). In treatment 5 the cattle received the same supplement as in treatment 4, but at a 10% higher level. Silage DM intakes for treatments 1 to 5 during lactation weeks 6 to 22 were 8·64, 8·94, 7·96, 6·96, 7·63 kg/day (1, 2>4, P<0·01; 2>5, P<0·05). The intake of digestible organic matter, milk yields and live-weight changes over the whole experimental period were not influenced significantly by treatments 1 to 4, but in treatment 5 the milk was significantly higher in fat, protein and energy content than in treatments 1 to 4. Blood composition was normal and did not differ markedly between treatments.

The effects on feed intake in weaned calves of low-glucosinolate rapeseed meal as the sole protein supplement

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 141-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isobel C Vincent ◽  
J Thompson ◽  
R Hill
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Rapeseed Meal ◽  
Protein Supplement ◽  
Daily Feeding ◽  
Soyabean Meal ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Ad Libitum Feeding

Concentrate feed with high-glucosinolate rapeseed meal (BRSM) as the sole protein supplement was eaten less readily by weaned calves than a similar feed based on soyabean meal (Stedman et al, 1983), and this was so whether intake was measured during continuous ad libitum feeding, or for short periods, 0.5 h, after twice-daily feeding with changes of feed each day. In these and other experiments with calves (Stedman and Hill, 1987), concentrate feeds based on low-glucosinolate rapeseed meal were eaten more readily than those based on high-glucosinolate meal, but intake of the low-glucosinolate feeds rarely matched that of the corresponding feed containing soyabean meal.

Response of beef steers to diets based on big-bale silage supplemented with molassed sugar beet feed and two levels of fishmeal

1992 ◽  
Vol 1992 ◽  
pp. 198-198
Author(s):  
Y Rouzbehan ◽  
J H Topps ◽  
H Galbraith ◽  
J A Rooke
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Protein Supplement ◽  
Beef Steers ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Finishing Steers ◽  
Ad Libitum

Earlier work (Rouzbehan et al, 1991) has shown that supplementation of baled silage with molassed sugar beet feed (MSBF, 60 g/kg fresh weight) improved live weight gain (LUG) and feed conversion efficiency (FCE) in sheep. It has been established that the protein in silage is not utilised as effectively by beef cattle as the protein in non-fermented forages (Thomas, 1982). Responses in the performance and carcass composition of finishing steers and heifers when silage-based diets have been supplemented with protein have proved to be variable. This trial was therefore carried out to examine the effects of feeding two levels of a protein supplement, fishmeal, in addition to MSBF, on the performance of beef steers fed big-bale silage ad libitum and to assess the nutritional value of such supplementation.

A note on the progressive carcass-weight changes of fattening store lambs

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Rutter
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Dry Matter Intake ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Live Weight Gain ◽  
Ad Libitum

SUMMARYTwo experiments involving the sequential slaughter of intensively fattened store lambs were each carried out over a period of 12 weeks. In the first experiment the lambs were offered a concentrate diet ad libitum. In the second experiment they were offered swede turnips ad libitum with a limited amount of concentrates.In each experiment, similar groups of lambs were slaughtered at equal intervals in order to measure progressive changes in live weight, carcass weight and dry-matter intake. Carcass-weight gain as a proportion of live-weight gain was found to be 74% in the first experiment and 86% in the second experiment.

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