Effect of Dietary Non-structural Carbohydrate Levels on Faecal characteristics in Mecheri Lambs
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2021
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An experiment was conducted in thirty-two Mecheri ram lambs, aged about 15 days with
uniform body weight. Animals were randomly allotted into four groups of 8 lambs each viz., T1, T2, T3,
and T4 in a completely randomized design and reared for 3 months of weaning age. The four
isonitrogenous and isocaloric complete diets varying in non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) levels were
prepared and offered to the respective treatment groups ad libitum throughout the study in addition to
milk suckling from their dam. The DMI and BCS were lower in T1 and were increased as dietary NSC
levels increases. Among the treatment groups, lambs on a higher NSC diet (T4) had significantly (P<0.05)
higher faecal scores and a better score was observed for T2. The faecal DM, NDF content was significantly
(P<0.05) lower and the NSC content was higher in T4 group. It could be concluded that a higher level of
NSC in the diet increased the faecal score, indicates that the disturbance in the rumen fermentation and
need dietary intervention to improve faecal consistency when such high NSC feed used for higher weight
gain.
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TNV_BFIJ_2021_13(4)85-89
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Veterinary Science