FEASIBILITY OF REARING WEANER INDIGENOUS LAMBS ON NON-CONVENTIONAL CONCENTRATE MIXTURE UNDER FEEDLOT
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1995
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AAU, Anand
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Feasibility of rearing weaner Marwari and Patanwadi lambs on a completely non-conventional concentrate mixture based ration under feedlot was studied at College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand. The growth, feed intake, feed conversion efficiency, digestibility and balances of nutrients, carcass traits, heamatology and feed cost were compared for the lambs reared on a conventional (T1) and a non-conventional (T2) concentrate mixture. Average body weights of the lambs were 11.09 ± 0.79 and 10.75 ± 0.65 kg at the beginning, and.21.35 ± 1.26 and 18.51 ± 0.85 kg at the end of the experiment for the lambs on T1 and T2 treatments, respectively. The effects of the dietary treatments, breeds and interaction of treatment x breed were non-significant on average biweekly body weights of the lambs during the experiment. The effects of periods, interactions of treatment x period and treatments x breed x period were found significant on the trait.
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LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, A STUDY