Influence of supplementation on the performance of gestating ewes grazing wheat stubble pastures

Influence of feeding different types feed blocks as supplementary feed on the reproductive performance of Awassi ewes grazing cereal stubble

“…The supplemented groups (FBC and FBB) had higher mating and final weights as compared with control group (C). The present result confirmed previous studies conducted in Iraq (1,4,5) and elsewhere in the region (3,15). These results indicated that feed blocks improved the weight gain of ewes dependent on low quality forages as their main diet (16,17).…”

“…Rams run with the flock during the mating period. The results showed that feeding feed blocks enriched with CSM and BG as supplementary feed resulted considerable improvement in weight gain (P<0.05), body condition score (P<0.05), conception rate (13)(14)(15)(16), lambing percentage (25-33%), twinning percentage (13-18%) and decreased the proportion of barren ewes (19 vs. 6 and 3%). Inclusion of small amount of high moisture brewers grain by-product (9%) as sources of undegradable protein in the feed blocks formula as replacement for costly cottonseed meal resulted a dramatic effects on the reproductive performance of Awassi ewes especially twinning rates and lambing rate.…”

Effect Of Garlic (Allium Sativum) And Fenugreek (Trigonella Foenum-Graecum) Extracts On Aspergillus Fumigatus

“…The supplemented groups (FBC and FBB) had higher mating and final weights as compared with control group (C). The present result confirmed previous studies conducted in Iraq (1,4,5) and elsewhere in the region (3,15). These results indicated that feed blocks improved the weight gain of ewes dependent on low quality forages as their main diet (16,17).…”

“…The nutritive value of the cereal stubble (Table 2) indicated and confirmed other studies (3,15) to the importance of using supplementary feed for sheep during cereal stubble grazing. The results of the effect of feed block supplementation on weight changes and body condition score of Awassi ewes grazing cereal stubble are presented in Table 3.…”

“…This improvement in cycling activity of supplemented groups was mainly due to premating supplementation (4). These results (Table 4) also showed that when feed blocks enriched with cottonseed cake and brewer grain resulted considerable improvement in conception rate (13)(14)(15)(16), lambing percentage (25-33%), twinning percentage (13-18%) and decreased the proportion of barren ewes (19 vs. 6 and 3%) compared with control group. The present results showed a similar trend to previous experiments, but the performance of the supplemented groups were relatively higher than the results obtained by other studies (5,9).…”