Effects of supplementing mesquit ( Prosopis juliflora) seedpod meal on the performance of weaner Galla goats in the drylands of Kenya
Date
2010Author
Koech, OK
Kinuthia, RN
Wahome, RG
Ekaya, W
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ArticleLanguage
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A study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing
amounts of Prosopis juliflora seedpod meal on the growth
rate of weaner Galla goats. The overall aim of this study was
to assess the feasibility of incorporating Prosopis seedpods into
a typical dryland livestock production system. Twenty weaner
Galla goats of similar age (6 months) and weights (11-14 kg)
were randomly assigned to four treatments of five weaners
each. The treatments were T1 No Prosopis (control treatment),
T2
(100 g /goat /day Prosopis), T3
(200 g /goat /day Prosopis),
and T4
(400g /goat /day Prosopis). Prosopis contained 88.4%
dry matter (DM), 18.5% crude protein (CP), 83.2% organic
matter (OM), 51.8% neutral detergent fibre (NDF), 29.8% acid
detergent fibre and 5.2% Ash. The experiment lasted for 70
days. Overall, all the treatment groups exhibited higher average
weekly weight gains than T1
(control) throughout the
experimental period. However, for the first 3 weeks, these
differences were not statistically significant (P<0.05). From
the fifth week on wards, however, the differences in growth
rates were statistically significant (P<0.05). Treatment T3
exhibited highest total weight gain (3.96 kg), followed by T4
(2.70kg). Group T1
lost weight by the end of the experiment.
This study demonstrated that Prosopis could be used as goats
feed up to 200g/goat/day giving good weight gains and no
negative effects on feed intakes and digestibility.
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Citation
o. K K, R.N K, G WR, W. E. "Effects of supplementing mesquit ( Prosopis juliflora) seedpod meal on the performance of weaner Galla goats in the drylands of Keny.". In: Second RUFORUM Biennial Meetin. Entebbe, Uganda; 2010.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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