Feeding of whole cottonseed on performance, carcass characteristics and intestinal morphology of Zandi lambs

Abstract

______________________________________ __________________________________________ tcartsbAThe present study was conducted to determine the effect of including different levels of whole cottonseed (WCS) in the finishing diet of lambs on their dry matter intake (DMI), live weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR, kg feed/kg gain), carcass characteristics and small intestinal morphology. Twenty Zandi male lambs (29.8 ± 1.6 kg body weight) were assigned to one of four diets in a completely randomized experimental design. The experimental diets contained 0%, 4%, 8% and 16% WCS on a dry matter (DM) basis. The diets were prepared as total mixed rations and fed to the lambs ad libitum. The lambs were slaughtered on day 90 and carcass data was collected. The DMI and average daily gain (ADG) were significantly greater for lambs fed the 8% WCS diet compared with the other treatments. The FCR was significantly lower in the diets containing WCS compared to the control, viz. 6.11, 5.6, 5.46 and 5.68, for treatments 0, 4, 8 and 16% of WCS, respectively. However, the positive effects of including 8% cottonseed in the diet were significant in hot carcass weight, dressing percentage, liver, fat tail, intestinal fat and spleen compared with the control group. Furthermore, villous morphology and depth of crypt gland were affected by both diet and sampling site. No negative effects were observed in the organs and carcasses of the lambs that received different diets. The results indicate that the inclusion of 8% WCS in lamb diets could have a positive effect on most of the traits, but increasing the WCS inclusion up to 16% in the diet may have negative effects on lamb performance.

Growth Performance and Economic Benefits of Feeding Crushed Whole Cottonseed and Baker’s Yeast (Sacchromyces Cerevisiae) Inclusion in the Rations of Red Sokoto Bucks

“…The inclusion of baker's yeast improved the value of gain of producing a buck in this study as reflected in the live weight gains. This is contrary to previous studies of Absalan et al (2011) and Yakubu et al (2017), who advised minimal inclusion of cotton products in goat diet. The result of this study clearly shows that the addition of baker's yeast in cotton products based diets improved weight gain that translate to more economic gain to the farmer.…”

Carcass Yield, Non-Carcass Parts, Internal Organs and Meat Quality Characteristics of Karayaka Male Lambs with Different Birth Weight Fed Free-Choice Feeding

“…It is relevant to compare this figure with that found by Sahin et al (2003) who found that TMR and FCF in Awassi lambs were not affect on hot carcass weight and dressing percentage. The fact that there were no differences between treatments in terms of internal organ weights indicate that lambs used in the present study had a similar metabolic rate, as reported by Absalan et al (2011).…”

Effect of Cotton Gin Trash Supplementation as Unconventional Feedstuff on Feed Intake and Production Characteristics of Mecheri Sheep of India

“…The weights of the liver, spleen, head, and stomach with empty intestines (kg) in the T 4 and T 3 groups were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than in the other groups, and the findings were close to the range considered to be conventional for Mecheri lambs and consistent with a previous study [46], and they observed higher weights of liver, stomach with empty intestines, and heads in Mecheri lambs fed with 1.5 percent concentrate supplementation on body weight. Furthermore, these results were equivalent to those reported in Zandi lambs offered a higher amount of cotton seed [43]. In terms of the percentage of wholesale cuts between the fore and hind quarters, there was no noticeable difference between treatment groups, and similar findings were observed in Mecheri [45] and Nellore crossbred lambs [47].…”

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