EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTING WHEAT OFFAL WITH VARIED GRADED LEVELS OF SUGARCANE SCRAPPING ON UTILISATION OF SORGHUM PANICLE FED RED SOKOTO BUCK
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.6514Keywords:
sugarcane scrapping, wheat offal, Red Sokoto bucks, sorghum paniclesAbstract
Four Red Sokoto bucks of average weight 17. 40 ± 2kg were fed sugarcane scrapping meal in a complete diet to evaluate the nutrients intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance. Using 4x4 Latin Square Designs involving four dietary' treatments containing sugarcane scrapping at 0, 10, 20, and 30% levels of inclusion supplenlenting wheat offal in a cotnplete diet. . The proximate composition of the sugarcane scrapping showed that the scrapping had, 10.01, 2.98 % and 31 14 Kcal/Kg of CF. CP and ME respectively. The results of the trial showed that significant high dry matter intake, nutrient digestibility of some and the nitrogen balance values were recorded in the bucks fed 30%. It was concluded that DM intake, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen utilization of bucks can be enhanced by including 30% of sugar cane scrapping in their diets.
