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Title

EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTING COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) SEED HULLS AND COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE ON GRAZING WEANLING BOER‐GOATS

Pages

  583-593

Keywords

COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) SEED HULLS 
GOATS (CAPRA AEGAGRUS HIRCUS) 

Abstract

 The objective of the study was to evaluate chemical composition, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), and growth performance of weanling Boer-goats supplemented with cowpea seed hulls (CSH) and COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE / FEED (CF) with NATURAL PASTURe as basal diet. Weanling Boer-goats (n=36) were as-signed to 3 treatments comprising of 4 animals each (2 bucklings and 2 females) replicated three times in a completely randomized design (CRD) matrix. The goats aged between 12 and 18 months with initial body mass ranging from 17.5 - 38 kg (Mean±SD; 26.32±6.36). They were fed in a 42 d period as follows: diet 1 was the non-supplemented natural browse / pasture (control), diet 2 was the natural browse/pasture supplemented with commercial concentrate and diet 3 was the natural browse / pasture supplemented with cowpea seed hulls. Each of the supplemented diets was fed at the rate of 300 g per goat per day at 08: 30 a.m. before goats could be released to graze/browse on the NATURAL PASTURe within the paddock. Goats that grazed / browsed NATURAL PASTURe alone (control) lost average weight of 1.12 kg, while goats that grazed / browsed NATURAL PASTURe and supplemented with commercial concentrate gained 4.74 kg. Lastly, goats on basal diet and supplemented with cowpea seed hulls had average weight gain of 0.58 kg. Cowpea seed hulls can pro-vide adequate protein and energy levels to sustain goat production during the extended dry season. The weight gain maintained during the dry season could easily upsurge when the conditions normalize after the first rains, hence early conception rate of goats.

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    MTHETHO, J.K., LETSON, M., RAMABU, S.S., & TSHIRELETSO, K.. (2015). EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTING COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) SEED HULLS AND COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE ON GRAZING WEANLING BOER?GOATS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE, 5(3), 583-593. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/688987/en

    Vancouver: Copy

    MTHETHO J.K., LETSON M., RAMABU S.S., TSHIRELETSO K.. EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTING COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) SEED HULLS AND COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE ON GRAZING WEANLING BOER?GOATS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE[Internet]. 2015;5(3):583-593. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/688987/en

    IEEE: Copy

    J.K. MTHETHO, M. LETSON, S.S. RAMABU, and K. TSHIRELETSO, “EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTING COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) SEED HULLS AND COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE ON GRAZING WEANLING BOER?GOATS,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 583–593, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/688987/en

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