INTEGRATION OF SHEEP IN MANGOCalapogonium muconoides HORTIPASTURE
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2005-12
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The mango-Calapogonium muconoides hortipasture yielded 2.07 ton of dry fodder biomass/ha
containing 12.35 and 62.73% of DCP and TDN respectively. Madras red ram lambs were fed in three
groups viz., conventional ration containing concentrate mixture and napier-bajra grass in 40:60 ratio (T,),
C. muconoides hay alone (T2) and C. muconoides hay and groundnut haulms in 1:1 ratio (T ) for 90
days. The growth rate, feed intake, feed efficiency and the digestibility of nutrients were comparable in all
the groups except that of CP, which was depressed significantly (PO.01) in T3. The DCP intake of lambs
in T2 was significantly (PO.01) higher and the TDN intake was comparable in all the groups. It was
concluded that C. muconoides hay supplemented with groundnut haulms (1:1) can be fed to growing
lambs.
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TNV_IJAN_2005_22(4)268-269