Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition
Year : 2006, Volume : 23, Issue : 1
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 4)
Print ISSN : 0970-3209. Online ISSN : 2231-6744.

Evaluation of groundnut haulms based complete rations with or without yeast culture in sheep

Aasha Rekha N., Rama Prasad J.¹, Ramana J. V., Ravi A.²

Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati-517502

¹Corresponding author ramaprasadjin@yahoo.com

²AICRP on pigs, Tirupati

Received:  16  May,  2005.

Abstract

Complete rations containing groundnut haulms (GNH) and concentrates in 60:40 or 70:30 ratio with or without yeast culture product (YCP) were fed to sheep to study the effect on nutrient utilization and rumen fermentation pattern in a switch over manner. The ammonia nitrogen concentration and bacterial count in rumen liquor was higher (P<0.05) in YCP supplemented group. Higher plane of nutrition with significant (P<0.01) increase in DCP intake was observed in 60:40 ration and due to YCP supplementation. The digestibility of nutrients was not influenced by the treatments, except higher (P<0.05) cellulose digestibility in YCP supplemented sheep. The nitrogen retention was higher (P<0.05) in 60:40 ration and due to YCP supplementation. The calcium retention was not affected by the treatments while phosphorus retention was higher (P<0.05) in YCP supplemented sheep. It was concluded that groundnut haulms inclusion up to 60% in the complete diets along with yeast culture could improve performance of sheep.

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Keywords

Groundnut haulms, Yeast culture, Complete rations, Evaluation, Sheep.

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