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THE POTENTIAL OF Samanea saman (JACK) MERR. PODS AS FEED FOR GOAT |
| Int J Zool Res Vol:2 Iss:1 (2012-07-04) : 40-43 |
Authors |
BARCELO P.M., BARCELO J.R. |
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04 Jul 2012 Pages : 40-43 Article Id : BIA0000375 Views : 979 Downloads : 1385 |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/2231-3516.2.1.40-43 |
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This study was conducted to seek answers to the following objectives: (1) to determine the proximate analysis of fresh Samanea
saman (Jack) Merr pods, (2) to determine the digestibility of nutrients of Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods as fed to goats, (3) to determine
the voluntary intake and nitrogen balance of goats fed Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods and (4) to determine the gain in weight and feed
conversion efficiency of goats fed with varying levels of Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods and Pennisetum purpureum.
Results reveal that fresh Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods contained 15.18% water, 9.45% Crude Protein, 8.34% Crude Fiber, 8.82%
Crude Fat, 5.12% Ash and 53.09% Nitrogen Free Extract. Results of the digestibility of nutrients prove that Samanea saman (Jack) Merr
pods had 69.80% Dry Matter Digestibility, 72.70% Crude Protein Digestibility, 81.28% Crude Fiber Digestibility, 83.63% Ash Digestibility,
82.38% Crude Fat Digestibility, 65.64% Nitrogen Free Extract Digestibility and a Total Digestible Nutrients of 83.21%. There was a positive
nitrogen balance (+ 0.1693) of goats fed Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods. However, the low voluntary intake of 4.05% of the body weight
of goats fed 100% Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods in the digestibility trial resulted to a negative gain in weight (-1.21 kg ).
Results of the feeding trial indicate that indigenous goats fed 25% Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods and 75% Pennisetum purpureum had
the highest gain in weight while the goats fed 100% Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods had the lowest gain in weight. These results prove
that feeding indigenous goats with 100% Samanea saman (Jack) Merr pods is not advisable, instead the best combination of Samanea
saman (Jack) Merr pods and Pennisetum purpureum was 25% and 75%, respectively, apart from commercial considerations.
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