Nutrients intake and digestibility of growing and fatteningUda sheep fed graded levels of ginger in semi-arid Nigeria

Publish Year: 1395
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 2 آبان 1396

Abstract:

Two separate experiments were conducted at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Livestock Teaching and Research Farm to assess intake and digestibility of nutrients for growing and fattening Uda sheep fed graded level of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in semi-arid region of Nigeria. In each experiment, fifteen intact male animals with an average weight of 17 and 21.4kg respectively, were allocated to three treatment diets in a completely randomized Experimental Design (CRD) replicated five times. Experimental diets containing 0(control), 2.5g/kg (treatment 2) and 5.0g/kg (treatment 3) were formulated separately for each experiment. Each experiment lasted for 90 days feeding trial and three weeks digestibility trial. Results indicated that, for growing animals (experiment 1), ginger inclusion has overall negative effect on nutrients intake and digestibility (P<0.05). However, for fatteninganimals (experiment 2), intake and digestibility were affected (P<0.05) when ginger inclusion exceeds 2.5%. It was concluded that ginger inclusion had negative effect on intake and digestibility of growing animals and on fattening animals above 2.5%.

Authors

Nasiru Muhammad

Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto, Nigeria.

Hussaini Mohammed Tukur

Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto, Nigeria.

Shehu Ahmad Maigandi

Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto, Nigeria.

Hussaini Mohammed Gazali Garba

Department of Animal Production and Health, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina state, Nigeria.