SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF RAMS FED SELECTED BROWSE PLANTS AND GUINEA GRASS HAY

Authors

  • I. A. Adebisi
  • A. B. Ajibike Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora
  • O. O. Okunlola Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora
  • O. O. Oladepo Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora
  • H. O. Amusa Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora
  • T. B. Mustapha Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5651

Keywords:

Tropical browse plant fodders, WAD rams, Serum biochemical indices

Abstract

Serum metabolites of West African dwarf growing rams fed selected browse fodders with guinea grass hay basal diet for 70days feeding trial was conducted at Teaching and Research Farm of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology Igbo-ora, Nigeria. Sixteen (16) growing WAD rams of age 6-9 months with body weight of 9.00 - 12.00kg were randomly allocated to four treatments with four rams per treatment and 2 rams as replicate in a completely randomized design. The experimental diet was fed at 3% body weight of individual ram while G. arborea, S. sesban and F. thonningii fodders were fed at varied proportions with Panicum maximum hay. The compared treatment diets were: T1 (sole100%PM hay), T2 (70%PM hay: 30%GA), T3 (70%PMhay: 30%SS) and T4 (70% PM hay: 30%FT) and fed for each individual ram per day. Significant (p<0.05) differences were observed in all parameters determined across the dietary treatments. Ram fed diet T3 had the highest Total protein (6.41g/dl), while the lowest value (5.80g/dl) for TP was recorded on ram fed diet T₁. Ram fed diet T4 recorded least albumin (2.20g/dl) while highest albumin (2.80g/dl) was recorded in ram fed diet T3. However, rams fed T3 diet were observed to have the highest ALT value of 32.00IµL while those fed T4 diet had the lowest value of 15.00IµL. From the results, T3 proved to be the best diet of this study. The study revealed that 70%PM hay: 30%SS mixture diet has a good nutrient profile and enhanced the productivity of growing rams.

Author Biographies

I. A. Adebisi

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

A. B. Ajibike, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

O. O. Okunlola, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

O. O. Oladepo, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

H. O. Amusa, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

T. B. Mustapha, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora

Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State
College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Published

2024-07-20

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Adebisi, I. A. ., Ajibike, A. B. ., Okunlola, O. O., Oladepo, O. O., Amusa, H. O. ., & Mustapha, T. B. . (2024). SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF RAMS FED SELECTED BROWSE PLANTS AND GUINEA GRASS HAY. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 708–711. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5651

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