Effect of Feed and Health Packages on the Performance of Village Small Ruminants in Northern Ghana

Avornyo, F. K.; Ayantunde, Augustine; Shaibu, Mohamed Tiyumtaba; Konlan, S.P.; Karbo, N.

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20150717102356

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“…The ADG values for sheep and goats in the control and treatment groups were similar to those reported by Avornyo et al (2015) for sheep and goats, and by Konlan et al (2017) for sheep in studies on feed supplementation and provision of healthcare (17.8 and 45.4 g/day for sheep under control and healthcare, respectively). The live weights of goats and sheep at 3 and 12 months in our study were lower than those and Ayantunde, 2014) and they generally have a high crude protein content, but they are high in lignin content which limits intake and digestibility.…”

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“…Ba et al (1996) reported similar results in Mali when introducing health treatment alone. Konlan et al (2017), and Avornyo et al (2015) also reported synergistic benefits of the combined effect of providing concentrate feed and healthcare to small ruminants kept by smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In addition to healthcare, strategic supplementation is essential to improve their performance (Ben Salem and Smith, 2008;Nantoumé et al, 2011;Konlan et al, 2017). Previous studies have yielded promising results on feed and health interventions to improve small ruminant production in Ghana under the Africa RISING project (Avornyo et al, 2015;Konlan et al, 2017).…”

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Effects of feed and health interventions on small ruminant production in mixed crop-livestock systems in Southern Mali

Ayantunde¹,

Umutoni²,

Dembele

et al. 2019

Rev. Elev. Med. Vet. Pays Trop.

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Les petits ruminants font partie intégrante des systèmes de production mixtes agriculture-élevage au Mali et jouent divers rôles dans la sécurité alimentaire des ménages en tant que sources de viande et de lait, et de moyens de revenus supplémentaires pour répondre aux besoins alimentaires et pécuniaires. Cependant, la production des petits ruminants est compromise par la mauvaise performance des animaux, principalement due à une alimentation inadéquate et aux maladies. Une étude pilote associant des interventions alimentaire et sanitaire a été menée dans deux villages, Sirakele et Zanzoni, dans le district de Koutiala dans le sud du pays. L’objectif était d’évaluer les effets de ces interventions combinées sur la production de petits ruminants dans des systèmes mixtes de culture et d’élevage. Zanzoni a servi de témoin tandis que Sirakele a bénéficié d’interventions alimentaire et sanitaire. Vingt ménages ont été sélectionnés au hasard dans chaque village et l’étude a duré un an, d’août 2016 à août 2017. Les résultats ont montré que, sur une année, la taille moyenne des troupeaux de chèvres et d’ovins a doublé dans le groupe avec interventions alimentaire et sanitaire, alors qu’elle est restée quasi la même dans le groupe témoin. Le taux de mortalité a été significativement plus faible dans le groupe avec traitement que dans le groupe témoin. De plus, les gains de poids des chèvres et des ovins ont été respectivement de 42,98 ± 3,28 et 47,12 ± 2,73 g/jour dans le groupe avec traitement, alors qu’ils n’ont été que de 22,59 ± 2,29 et 16,58 ± 2,74 g/ jour dans le groupe témoin. Les résultats ont confirmé que les interventions alimentaire et sanitaire amélioraient significativement la production des petits ruminants.

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Effects of feed and health interventions on small ruminant production in mixed crop-livestock systems in Southern Mali

Ayantunde¹,

Umutoni²,

Dembele

et al. 2019

Rev. Elev. Med. Vet. Pays Trop.

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“…These treatments were performed to clear the experimental animals of any bacterial and parasitical infections, and standardize their health condition prior to the commencement of the experiment. Previous studies (Avornyo et al 2015) have shown evidence of the effectiveness of the medicines used. The goats were individually housed in metabolism cages measuring 60 cm by 70 cm and 70 cm high, and equipped with feeding and water troughs.…”

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In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana

Avornyo

Partey

Zougmoré

et al. 2019

Trop Anim Health Prod

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An in vivo digestibility trial was conducted to evaluate the digestibility of six forages. These were selected indigenous browse species and groundnut haulms in Lawra and Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Groundnut haulms served as a control due to its known good digestibility in small ruminants. Thirty West African Dwarf (WAD) young castrated billy goats with a mean age of 8 months were used. The average live body weight was 8.9 ± 0.1 kg. The animals were randomly assigned to the six treatments and replicated five times in a completely randomized design. They were confined in metabolism cages. The adaptation period was 3 weeks after which data was taken for 10 days. The treatments were the leaves and tiny twigs of T1 Annona senegalensis, T2 Ficus gnaphalocarpa, T3 Pericopsis laxiflora, T4 Pterocarpus erinaceus, T5 Afzelia africana, and T6 (control) Arachis hypogaea. Feed intake, faecal matter and urine output were measured. The results indicated that dry matter (DM) contents of the feedstuffs were less than 50% but crude protein (CP) contents were higher than the minimum required for sustaining ruminants. Neutral and acid detergent fibre contents were high, and F. gnaphalocarpa, in particular, contained a higher level of phosphorus (P). The amounts of feed intakes were typical of most fodder species with the exception of P. laxiflora and P. erinaceus, which were lower (P < 0.05). The apparent digestibility values were also typical of most fodder species but the digestibility of A. africana fibre appeared to be lower. Nitrogen retention was positive for all test species with the exception of P. laxiflora, which was negative. Mortality was recorded in animals on P. laxiflora, and the rate was high. Pericopsis laxiflora leaves, even though morphologically similar to the leaves of P. erinaceus, were not a suitable fodder. Ficus gnaphalocarpa appeared to be the overall best fodder species in terms of nutrient uptake.

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The combined effects of the provision of feed and healthcare on nutrient utilization and growth performance of sheep during the early or late dry season

Konlan

Ayantunde

Addah

et al. 2017

Trop Anim Health Prod

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An on-farm study was conducted to determine the combined effects of the provision of feed and healthcare on nutrient use and growth performance of sheep during the early or late dry season. A total of 36 smallholder sheep farmers with a flock size of ≤7 was randomly selected within each of the three administrative regions in Northern Ghana. The sheep grazed on a heterogeneous natural pasture and offered crop residues as basal diet (control) or were additionally provided with a concentrate feed plus orthodox healthcare to control diseases and pests (CH) in a completely randomized block design. The provision of orthodox healthcare included scheduled control of endo- and ecto-parasites and administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Data was analyzed for the fixed effects of CH, season, or CH × season using the mixed model procedure of Genstats. The CH regimen had no effect (P = 0.098) on intake of natural pasture but pasture intake increased (P = 0.012) during the late dry season. Sheep on the CH regime had higher DM (P = 0.026) and N (P = 0.068) digestibility and improved ADG (P = 0.001) and feed conversion efficiency (P = 0.020) than those on the control. We hypothesize that improvements in growth performance of sheep on the CH regimen could be related to availability of nutrients for growth that will otherwise have been used for repair of damaged tissues caused by gastrointestinal parasites and ticks. Sheep on the CH regimen also had a higher concentration of fecal N during the late dry season when CP concentration was relatively higher than that in the early dry season (63.2 vs 60.9 g/day DM) when CP concentration of pasture was lower.

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Effect of Feed and Health Packages on the Performance of Village Small Ruminants in Northern Ghana

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Effects of feed and health interventions on small ruminant production in mixed crop-livestock systems in Southern Mali

Effects of feed and health interventions on small ruminant production in mixed crop-livestock systems in Southern Mali

In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana

The combined effects of the provision of feed and healthcare on nutrient utilization and growth performance of sheep during the early or late dry season

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