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Effect of grain processing on the performance of early-weaned lambs and kids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. Hadjipanayiotou
M. Hadjipanayiotou
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Agricultural Research Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Abstract

The effect of grain processing and form of the concentrate mixture were studied on early-weaned Chios lambs (42 days of age) and Damascus kids (56 days of age). Forty-five, 36, 33 and 33 animals were used in trials 1 (lambs), 2 (lambs), 3 (kids) and 4 (kids), respectively. Within trials animals were divided on the basis of live weight and age into three groups. Treatments (three forms of concentrate mixture) were randomly allocated to one of the three groups. The treatments were: whole cereal (WGP) grains mixed with pellets made from the other ingredients of the concentrate mixture; pelleted (P), where all ingredients were ground and pelleted in 5-mm cubes; rolled cereal grains (RGP), where cereal grains were rolled and then mixed with pellets (5-mm cubes) made from the other ingredients of the concentrate mixture. Cereal grains comprised 774 g/kg concentrate mixture. Fattening diets were based on ad libitum feeding of concentrates and a daily allowance of 01 kg per animal of long lucerne hay. Digestion coefficients, outflow rate of small particles from the rumen and rumen metabolites were measured using five animals per species per treatment.

There were no significant differences between diets for live-weight gain in lambs. On the other hand, kids on the P diet gained more weight and had better food to gain ratio than the other two diets. Feeding the P diet resulted in a significant decrease of acetate and butyrate molar proportion ( P < 0·001) and an increase (P < 0·001) of propionate molar proportion. Similarly, feeding the P diet resulted in a significant reduction in ruminal pH (P < 0·01) and NH,-N (P < 0·05) concentration. Outflow rate (% per h) of small particles from the rumen was lower from lambs and kids on the P diet (P < 0·001). There were no significant differences between species and/or among diets for apparent digestion coefficients and nitrogen balance.

Keywords

cereal grainskidslambs
Type
Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 565 - 572
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1990

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