Feed blocks as alternative supplements for sheep and goats

Salem, H. Ben; Nefzaoui, A.

doi:10.1016/s0921-4488(03)00144-5

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“…There was no significant effect on blood biochemicals and serum enzymes depicting lime treated olive cake can be fed safely to male goats. The findings are in agreement with that of Ben Salem and Nefzaoui (2003). The comparable level of SGOT and SGPT irrespective of dietary treatment, observed in this study reflects no adverse effect of olive cake incorporation on liver, kidney and muscles mass.…”

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Effect of lime treated olive cake on nutrient ulilization and performance of male goats

Ahmad

Sharma

Rastogi

et al. 2015

IJAR

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Current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of lime treated olive cake in the complete feed of goats. Olive cake was treated with 6% slaked lime to increase availability of cellulose and to alleviate digestibility depression caused by higher fat content. Twelve local adult male goats were randomly allotted to control and treatment groups. Control group was fed ad libitum conventional complete feed and the treatment group was fed complete feed containing 30% lime treated olive cake for a duration of 30 days. The treatment feed was significantly (P<0.05) lower in organic matter, crude fiber and acid detergent fiber, however it was significantly (P<0.01) higher in calcium and acid insoluble ash. Mean body weight and daily feed dry matter and organic matter intake was comparable among groups and periods. The nutrient digestibility for crude fiber and acid detergent fiber was significantly (P<0.05) in treatment feed. Daily nitrogen intake and digestible crude protein intake (g/kg W 0.75 ), was comparable between both groups. Calcium and phosphorus balance was comparable between two groups. No significant difference was observed between groups and periods for blood biochemical and serum enzymes. The results of the present study indicated that lime treated olive cake can be included in complete feed at 30% level for feeding of adult male goats without adverse impact on nutrient intake, utilization and general performance of the animal.

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Effect of lime treated olive cake on nutrient ulilization and performance of male goats

Ahmad

Sharma

Rastogi

et al. 2015

IJAR

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“…Similarly, both T2M2 and T2M4 group revealed no difference in the mean days to achieve desirable parameters (Table 2) except for the time to achieve 90% DM, where 5.33 and 5.00 mean days were taken by 2 times mulching and 4 times mulching group, respectively. The present findings corroborated with the results of Salem and Nefzaoui (2003) who reported that feed blocks must be turned time to time to accelerate drying process. The present findings were not in agreement with Patel et al, (2009) who reported that colour, odour and consistency were not changed upto a week during the month of March when jaggery filter cake was kept inside the drum.…”

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Sun Drying of Sugarcane Press Mud as a Future Feed for Livestock

Sahu¹,

Patel²,

Sarangi³

et al. 2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Goats offered the block supplementation also increased their daily milk yield when they raised two kids, but the benefit of block supplementation was not evident in goats without kids or with only one offspring. Feed block technology as an alternative way to meet requirements of goats for main nutrients during critical physiological stages has been reviewed (Ben Salem and Nefzaoui 2003). Depeters et al (1985) and AlHaboby et al (1999) found that feed blocks reduced body weight loss, and noted that lambing, twinning and fertility were relatively high in block-receiving ewes although this increase did not reach significance such as some of our results.…”

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Effects of urea-prickly pear-molasses block supplementation on growth and milk production of crossbred goats on arid rangelands

Pinos-Rodríguez¹,

López²,

García-López³

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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This paper discusses the potential use of feed blocks as supplements for grazing goats under a harsh arid zone of northern Mexico. The study was carried out during fall and winter. A flock of 64 goats was randomly allotted into two groups (equal number of animals and categories of goats) both groups were fed a total mixed ration containing 50% ground corn stover, 40% spineless cladodes of Opuntia spp. and 10% corn grain. Additionally, at night, one group had access to a urea-prickly pear-molasses block supplementation, whereas the other group was not supplemented (Control). The block supplementation increased (PB0.05) litter size (1.3 vs. 1.5), litter weight (4.8 vs. 5.2) and daily milk yield in twin bearing does. Results indicate that providing a block supplementation could ameliorate the depressing effect of scarce forage, with a marked improvement in litter size and weight, as well as an increased milk yield in those goats raising twins.

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Feed blocks as alternative supplements for sheep and goats

Cited by 79 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of lime treated olive cake on nutrient ulilization and performance of male goats

Effect of lime treated olive cake on nutrient ulilization and performance of male goats

Sun Drying of Sugarcane Press Mud as a Future Feed for Livestock

Effects of urea-prickly pear-molasses block supplementation on growth and milk production of crossbred goats on arid rangelands

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