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GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BEETAL GOAT KIDS ON DREID SUGAR BEETPULP BASED CONCENTRATES

Published: November 21, 2011
By: Hassan Khan, Kausarzeb M. Usman and M. F. Hassan
Summary
An experiment was conducted on beetle goat kids for sixty days to compare the feeding value of sugar beet pulp based concentrate and commercial concentrate and its effect on growth performance. The data were analyzed with the analysis of variance procedure according to CRD and means were compared for significance of difference with the LSD. Twenty seven female kids (3-4 months age) with a mean body weight 16.49 kg were divided in three groups A, B and C (9 kids / group). Each group was assigned to different diets. All the animals were grazed 4 hours daily and thereafter stall feeding ad-libitum. Animals on diet A was control while animals on diet B and C were offered 750 g (DM/day) commercial concentrate and a test concentrate, espectively. The test concentrate was 20.31% crude protein (CP) and metabolizable energy (ME) 2.43(M Cal /kg/DM) while the commercial concentrate 19.71%CP and ME 2.41 respectively. Due to higher fiber conten in the test concentrate its In sacco Dry Mattar degradability at 12 and 24 hours incubation was lower (P<0.05) than the commercial concentrate. However, the In sacco degradability of protein was higher (P<0.05) in the test concentrate than the commercial concentrate at 12 and24 hours incubation. Hay DM intake was highly reduced (P<0.0001) in control diets (319) followed by diet B (216) and C (206g/day) respectively. Body weight gain(BWG) was influenced (P<0.001) by diets and averaged 27.33, 84.19 and 73.92 g/day on diets A, B and C respectively. BWG on the control diet was lower (P<0.05) than the other two diets and did not vary significantly (P>0.05) in kids on diets B and C. Mean feed conversion ratio (feed/gain) on diet A, B and C were 26.81, 10.75 and 12.9, respectively and significantly influenced (P<0.05) by diet composition. Both diets B and C exhibited the same feed conversion ratio (FCR). Feeding of concentrates increased the net return over feed cost. Both the concentrates mixtures were found equally cost effective in promoting growth rate in kids. The present study concluded that nutritive value of beet pulp based concentrates and commercial concentrate was the same and were equally effective in supporting BWG in goat kids. Key words: Beet pulp concentrate, commercial concentrates, weight gain, In Sacco degradability, Beetal goat kids.
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