Carcass and Organ Yields of Red Sokoto Goats Fed Brewer’s Dried Grains and Malted Sorghum Sprouts in Complete Diets

Abstract

The impact of feeding brewer’s dried grains (BDG) and malted sorghum sprouts (MSP) in complete diets on the carcass and organ yields of Red Sokoto (RS) goats were evaluated using twenty-four (24) bucks. The bucks were assigned to four dietary treatments (T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄) formulated to contain varying proportions of BDG and MSP (40:10, 30:20, 20:30, 10:40) in a completely randomized design (CRD) experiment for 56 days. Six (6) bucks constituted a treatment with three (3) replicates of two (2) bucks each. At the end of the feeding trial, the bucks were slaughtered and the carcasses and organs measured. Results showed that live weights at slaughter, empty weights, warm carcass weights (kg) and dressed percentages were statistically similar (p>0.05) among the means. Ratios of bone to lean were affected (p<0.05) by the diets. Ratios of 0.28, 0.28, 0.23 and 0.26 were recorded for T₁, T_2, T₃ and T₄ respectively. Among the organs, only the liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen were statistically influenced (p<0.05) while the other proportions of the offal/organs were similar (p>0.05). It was concluded that T3 containing 20:30 proportions of BDG and MSP with a bone to lean ratio of 0.23 gave the best carcass and organ yields.