The use of poultry litter as a replacement of cotton seed cake used in feeding Yankasa sheep

Authors

  • A.A. Mubi Department of Animal Production, Adamawa State University, PMB 25 Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria
  • A. Midau Department of Animal Production, Adamawa State University, PMB 25 Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria
  • M.A. Saidu Department of Animal Production, Adamawa State University, PMB 25 Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Keywords:

Yankasa sheep, Cotton seed cake, Poultry litter

Abstract

Twelve Yankasa sheep were fed three treatment diets for 56 days to study the effect of supplementation on their feed intake, water intake and weight changes before grazing. Before the commencement of the experiment the proximate composition of the experimental diet was determine which revealed that the composition of the diet is adequate for production. The supplement was poultry litter, while the other ingredient where molasses, cotton seed cake maize offal. Daily feed intakes and weight gain changes and level of water intake were examined. The result revealed that the daily weight gain feed intake, water intake of the supplemental group was highly (P<0.05) significant.

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2015-12-28

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A.A. Mubi, A. Midau, & M.A. Saidu. (2015). The use of poultry litter as a replacement of cotton seed cake used in feeding Yankasa sheep. Scientific Journal of Animal Science, 4(12), 168-172. Retrieved from http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjas/article/view/224

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Vol. 4 No. 12 (2015): December

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