Performance of West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats Fed Urea Treated Maize Offal as Supplement to Natural Herbage

Barde, R. E.; Aya, V.E.; Ari, M. M.; Musa, Mohamed Hanafi; Yakubu, A. F.

doi:10.4314/nvj.v31i3.68971

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“…The lower body weights obtained in lambs fed the UMS diet con rms the fact that untreated maize stover on its own is unable to release su cient nutrients to meet the ruminant's requirements even if it had similar CP to all dietary treatments, owing to the effect of the brous nature of untreated maize stover on supply parameters such as voluntary feed intake. This is consistent with reports from other studies which showed poor growth and productivity in ruminants fed only on maize stover-based diet (Barde et al, 2010;Ngongoni et al, 2009). Improvement in growth performance of lambs fed on combined inclusion of AMS and leaf meal was expected based on their nutritive value and a probable increase in digestibility of the diets.…”

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The effect of Acacia eriolaba leaf meal inclusion on growth performance, blood parameters and methane gas emission in lambs fed diets containing ammoniated maize stover.

Chelopo,

Marume

2024

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The study evaluated the effect of Acacia erioloba leaf meal in diets containing ammoniated maize stove on growth performance, methane emission and heath of growing lambs. Thirty-two female lambs were allocated to the following four dietary treatments: total mixed ration (TMR, control), 20% inclusion of untreated maize stover (UMS), 20% inclusion of ammoniated maize stover (AMS), and combined inclusion of 10% ammoniated maize stover and 10% Acacia erioloba leaves (AMSAL). Each treatment was replicated 8 times and a lamb in an individual pen was regarded as an experimental unit in a completely randomized design. Feed intake was higher (P < 0.05) in lambs fed the AMS and AMSAL diets compared to those fed UMS. Final body weights were higher in lambs fed the AMS and AMSAL diets. Both ADG and FCR were not affected (P > 0.05) by diet. In comparison with the AMS and AMSAL diets, the lambs fed the UMS diet had the highest (P < 0.05) Methane emission. Overall, lambs fed the control diets had the lowest methane gas emission. Hematological values were affected by diet with the AMSAL fed lambs having the highest (P < 0.05) MPV and PCT values. Furthermore, total albumin, amylase and total bilirubin were highest (P < 0.05) in lambs fed on the AMSAL diet. Lambs fed on AMS diet had the highest (P < 0.05) serum urea levels. It can be concluded that combined inclusion of ammoniated maize stover and Acacia leaves improved feed value and lamb performance when compared to the individual inclusion of both UMS and AMS.

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The effect of Acacia eriolaba leaf meal inclusion on growth performance, blood parameters and methane gas emission in lambs fed diets containing ammoniated maize stover.

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Marume

2024

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“…Several authors agree that milk yield tends to be affected by dietary protein content, which affects the amount of protein and energy available for milk synthesis (Ngongoni et al 2009;Barde et al 2010;Chakoma 2012). However, despite the diets in this study being isonitrogenous and isoenergetic, there were significant differences in milk yield.…”

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The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector

Gwiriri¹,

Manyawu²,

Mashanda

et al. 2016

African Journal of Range & Forage Science

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The effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpeaand lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy cows was investigated in the 2013 and 2014 dry seasons. Using 3 × 3 Latin square designs, nine multiparous Red Dane, Guernsey and Holstein-Friesian crosses in mid-lactation (130 ± 19 d) were offered forage legume-based supplements for 63 d at 0.5 kg per litre of milk produced. Milk quantity and quality were significantly (P < 0.05) different among supplements in both seasons. Cows fed commercial supplements had higher milk yield than cows fed forage legume supplements. Milk fat content was significantly (p < 0.05) higher in cows fed lablabbased supplements than cows fed other supplements. Milk protein, total solids and lactose content of cows fed commercial supplements was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than those fed forage legume-based supplements, although protein content was similar to cows fed lablab-based supplements. Dietary gross margins were higher for cows fed velvet bean-and lablab-based supplements by 17% and 16.5%, respectively. Based on supplement, production costs per litre of milk was higher by 28% and 23% using commercial supplements compared to velvet bean and lablab supplements, respectively.

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“…These deficiencies will cause slow rates of rumen fermentation (Promkot et al., ), high rumen load, low voluntary feed intake (Ngongoni et al., ) and result in stunted growth in young animals (Ajayi et al., ). In mature cows, a suboptimal reproduction rate due to anoestrus and other nutrition‐related infertility problems was observed (Barde et al., ). Feeding good‐quality browse and forages to complement poor‐quality roughages should be considered as a viable option (Yousuf et al., ; Baloyi et al., ; Chakoma, ).…”

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Performance of growing cattle on poor‐quality rangelands supplemented with farm‐formulated protein supplements in Zimbabwe

Gusha

Katsande

Zvinorova

et al. 2015

Animal Physiology Nutrition

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Farmers use different non-conventional protein supplements and different feeding strategies to aid their animals survive the dry season in Zimbabwe. The strategies can be giving supplements once a week or once every other day up to very little supplement daily. Supplements are either legume crop residues or forage legumes. However, the efficacy of the use of non-conventional protein supplements in promoting growth and at the same time lowering the age at first calving is little understood. The study tested whether supplementing with farm-formulated non-conventional feeds could reduce live weight loss during the dry season and promote live weight gain as well as early development of sexual maturity in beef cattle. In a completely randomized design, thirty dams with calves on hooves were allocated to five different treatments which were repeated during the dry season for 3 years. The 3-year study results show that weight loss can be controlled, resulting in positive growth in both the pre-weaning and post-weaning phases of growing cattle. Yearlings fed solely on natural pasture lost significant weight during the dry season as compared to supplemented groups. The period to puberty and first calving was achieved at 18 and 27 months, respectively. Using non-conventional protein supplements could thus improve livestock productivity in resource-poor farming communities. It was concluded that smallholder farmers can supplement cattle with a kilogram per day of low-cost farm-based non-conventional legume meal to improve livestock productivity in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe.

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Performance of West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats Fed Urea Treated Maize Offal as Supplement to Natural Herbage

Cited by 4 publications

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The effect of Acacia eriolaba leaf meal inclusion on growth performance, blood parameters and methane gas emission in lambs fed diets containing ammoniated maize stover.

The effect of Acacia eriolaba leaf meal inclusion on growth performance, blood parameters and methane gas emission in lambs fed diets containing ammoniated maize stover.

The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector

Performance of growing cattle on poor‐quality rangelands supplemented with farm‐formulated protein supplements in Zimbabwe

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