THE EFFECTS OF FEEDING Balanites aegyptiaca AND MIXTURES O Balanites aegyptiaca AND Ziziphus Mauritania ON NITROGEN INTAKE AND RETENTION BY GOATS

Auteurs-es

  • A. S. Ibrahim Kwara State University, Malete Kwara State Nigeria
  • D. Idris Federal College of Forest Resources Management, Maiduguri, Borno State
  • A. J. Hyelda Animal Quarantine Department, Nigeria Agriculture Quarantine Service
  • J. Nelson Full Life Avenue, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
  • I. F. Abbator University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State.

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.8649

Résumé

A digestibility trial was conducted to determine the effect of feeding browse mixtures on nitrogen retention and intake in goats. Four goats with a mean live weight of 15.75kg 0.5 were randomly assigned to four treatments in 4*4Latin square design. Each period lasted for 14 days. The treatment group were: Balanites only Ziziphus at in addition, Water and mineral salt lick were provided ad-libitum. Dry matter intake showed significant differences (P<0.5) among the treatments. Goats on treatment B, C and D had similar (P>.05) dry matter intake while goats fed on treatment A had the lowest dry matter intake. The daily live weight gains were 107.05, 35.00 and 40.00g/day for A,B,C and D. Nitrogen intake differed significantly (P<0.05) between treatment D had the highest Nitrogen intake and treatment A had the lowest Nitrogen intake (8.39g/day). Faecal nitrogen output differed significantly (p<0.05) between treatment A, B, C and D The faecal Nitrogen was lowest in animals fed treatment and the values were :1.56,7.22. 7.53 and 11.09g/day for treatment A, B, C and D respectively. In conclusion feeding Balanites aegyptiaca and Ziziphus Mauritania in the ratio of 1.1, 12 and 1:23 improved nitrogen intake on goats compared to Balanites aegyptiaca alone. 

Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

A. S. Ibrahim, Kwara State University, Malete Kwara State Nigeria

Department Of Animal Physiology

I. F. Abbator, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State.

Department of Animal Science

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Publié-e

2025-09-02

Comment citer

Ibrahim, A. S. ., Idris, D. ., Hyelda, A. J. ., Nelson, J. ., & Abbator, I. F. . (2025). THE EFFECTS OF FEEDING Balanites aegyptiaca AND MIXTURES O Balanites aegyptiaca AND Ziziphus Mauritania ON NITROGEN INTAKE AND RETENTION BY GOATS . Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 1384–1389. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.8649

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2025: Proceedings 2025

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