PREFERENCE STUDY AND SHORT-TERM INTAKE OF BUNAJI YEARLING BULLS FED BREWERS' DRIED GRAIN FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

Authors

  • M. Yusuf National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • O. S. Lamidi National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • D. D. Dung National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • D. Y. Goska National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • I. I. Madziga National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • R. T. Sani National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • A. Suleiman National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria
  • M. D. Salisu National Animal Production Research Institute, Zaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7080

Keywords:

Brewer's dried grain (BDG), preference, short-term intake, Bunaji

Abstract

A study was conducted to evaluate the preference and short-term intake of Bunaji yearling bulls fed brewers' dried grain from three sources. The Brewers' dried grain for the trial was procured from three Breweries namely Nigerian Brewery in Kaduna State, Benue Brewery Limited in Benue State, and Nigerian Brewery, Ibadan, Oyo State. Six (6) Bunaji yearling bulls with an average weight of 150 kg were used, and the trial lasted for seven (7) days. The animals were fed 6 kg of brewer's dried grain from each source for two (2) hours daily in a cafeteria system. It was observed that the animals preferred the BDG from Benue and Kaduna equally with a preference index of 0.99 while the BDG sourced from Ibadan was least preferred with a preference index of 0.65. There was significant difference (P <0.05) in the average daily intake. An average daily intake of 5.99 kg DM/2hrs was recorded for the BDG sourced from Benue and Kaduna compared to 3.92 kg DM/2hrs for the BDG sourced from Ibadan

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Published

2024-07-15

How to Cite

Yusuf, M., Lamidi, O. S., Dung, D. D., Goska, D. Y., Madziga, I. I., Sani, R. T., Suleiman, A., & Salisu, M. D. (2024). PREFERENCE STUDY AND SHORT-TERM INTAKE OF BUNAJI YEARLING BULLS FED BREWERS’ DRIED GRAIN FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 555–557. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7080

Issue

2016: NSAP 2016 Proceedings

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