Growth Performance and Apparent Nutrient Digestibility of West African Dwarf Goats Fed Β-Carotene Cassava Peel-Centrosema Leaf Meal Based Diets
| Main Authors: | Jiwuba, P.C, Ezenwaka, L.C |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3531459 |
Daftar Isi:
- A study was carried out to evaluate the growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats fed β-carotene cassava peel-centrosema leaf meal based diets. Four diets designated A, B, C and D were formulated to contain 0, 10, 20, and 30% levels of Centrosema pubescens leaf meal respectively. Thirty six WAD bucks of about 8 – 10 months of age and averaging 7.19kg in weight were used to conduct the growth performance and four bucks used in the digestibility study in completely randomized design and 4 x 4 Latin square design experiments respectively. Results showed that β-carotene cassava peel-centrosema leaf meal supplementation significantly increased (P<0.05) the average daily feed intake, average daily body weight gain and feed conversion ratio of WAD goats. Diet D containing 30% Centrosema pubescens leaf meal produced the best performance for optimum intake and growth of the goats. ApparentNutrient digestibility was also significantly (P<0.05) higher in the treatment groups fed Centrosema pubescens leaf meal than in the control group. The results of this study indicated that the inclusion of β-carotene cassava peel-centrosema leaf meal at 30% level enhanced growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility of West African Dwarf goats and therefore recommended for better goat production.