Feed Intake and Nutrient Digestibility of Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Husk and Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Haulms Fed to Two Breed of Goat

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2021-08-10

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Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Nasarawa State University Keffi

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This study was conducted to determine feed intake and nutrient digestibility of sorghum husk (SH) and cowpea haulms (CH) fed to two breed of goat. A 2x2 factorial experiment involving two breeds of goats (Red Sokoto and Red Sokoto x Sahel). Eight goats with an average weight of 18-23 kg were arranged in completely randomized design. The animals were divided into four Treatments (T) groups replicated twice with one goat per replicate. Treatment one (1) comprises of Red Sokoto (RS) fed SH while T2, T3 and T4 were Red Sokoto x Sahel (RSxS) fed SH, RS fed CH and RS x S fed CH, respectively. The result of chemical composition showed that CH had significantly (p<0.05) higher Crude Protein (CP), Ether Extract (EE) and ash digestibility and significantly lower Non Fibre Carbohydrate (NFC), Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) and Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) than SH. RS goats had significantly (p<0.05) higher CP digestibility and significantly (p<0.05) lower digestibility of ash than RSxS goats. The digestibility of CH recorded significantly (p<0.05) higher digestibility in all the parameters than SH. It was concluded that CH have significantly higher CP and EE. Similarly, SH contains significantly higher NFC, NDF and ADF over the CH. RS is superior (P<0.05) in CP and CH had significantly better digestibility of all the parameters measure.

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Goat, breed, sorghum husk, cowpea haulms, nutrient digestibility

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https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2916

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