EFFECT OF SELECTED DRIED FORAGES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF SAVANNAH BROWN BUCK

Authors

  • K. B. Jiya Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State.
  • E. Z. Jiya Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State.
  • D. N. Tsado Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State
  • B. Shehu Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State
  • T. N. Kperun University of Calabar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5064

Keywords:

Savannah brown bucks, Groundnut haulms and Cowpea haulms

Abstract

Ninety (90) days experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of selected dried forages on the growth performance of Savannah brown bucks. Fifteen (15) bucks aged 5-6 months with the average live weight of 8-10kg were used for the experiment. The experimental animals were allotted into three treatment groups with five replicates having a buck as a replicate. T1 were fed with Groundnut Haulms (GH) and Cowpea Haulms), T2 Cowpea Haulms (CH) while T3 were fed with only
Groundnut Haulms. All the animals were served concentrate and fed at 2% and 3% body weight of the concentrate and forages respectively. Sole inclusion of groundnut haulms performs better and revealed significant differences (P< 0.05) in the forage intake and total feed intake while the result of other parameters measured were not significantly influenced (P> 0.05) by the treatments. It concluded that groundnut haulms with concentrate supported better growth performance of savannah brown
bucks. 

Author Biographies

K. B. Jiya, Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State.

Department of Animal production

E. Z. Jiya, Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State.

Department of Animal production

D. N. Tsado, Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State

Department of Animal Production 

B. Shehu, Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State

 Department of Animal production

T. N. Kperun, University of Calabar.

+Department of Animal science 

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Published

2024-07-08

How to Cite

Jiya, K. B. ., Jiya, E. Z., Tsado, D. N., Shehu, B. ., & Kperun, T. N. (2024). EFFECT OF SELECTED DRIED FORAGES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF SAVANNAH BROWN BUCK . Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 608–611. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5064

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2021: NSAP 2021 Proceedings

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