Monday, February 1, 2010

Performance of Awassi Lambs Fed Citrus Pulp and Olive Cake Silage

Performance of Awassi Lambs Fed Citrus Pulp and Olive Cake Silage PDF

Ahmad Ismail Ahmad Za'za'

Supervisor(s)
Prof. Jamal Abo Omar -
Discussion Commity
Prof. Jamal Abo Omar Dr. Maen Samara Prof. Adnan Shqueir
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Abstract :

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding different home made silages on performance of fattening lambs and nutrients digestibility. Sixteen uniform males of Awassi lambs were used in feeding trial that was lasted for 77 days. The trial was followed by a 6-day digestion trial. Lambs were divided into four experimental groups. Lambs in each group were fed and had free access to water. Three types of silages were prepared using wheat straw (WS), olive cake (OC) and citrus pulp (Cp). The three by-products were respectively used as the following: silage 1, 60/27/13; silage 2, 20/54/26 and 0/48/52, silage 3. The silages were offered to lambs along with fixed amount of a commercial fattening concentrate which was 78% of total rations fed. Performance of lambs was significantly (P<0.05)>

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