J. Santos Serrato-Corona
Facultad de Agricultura y Zootecnia-Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Domicilio Conocido, Ej. Venecia, Dgo, Apdo. Postal 1-142, Gomez Palacio, Dgo
Tania I. Minor-Hinojosa
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP). Blvd. Jose Santos Valdez 1200. Col. Centro. 27440, Cd. Matamoros, Coahuila, Mexico
Hector D. Garcia-Sanchez
Facultad de Agricultura y Zootecnia-Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Domicilio Conocido, Ej. Venecia, Dgo, Apdo. Postal 1-142, Gomez Palacio, Dgo
Andrea Minor-Hinojosa
Facultad de Agricultura y Zootecnia-Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Domicilio Conocido, Ej. Venecia, Dgo, Apdo. Postal 1-142, Gomez Palacio, Dgo
ABSTRACT
Agroindustrial by-products have a tremendous potential as nutrient sources for ruminants in arid and semiarid areas. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of two ammoniated crop by-products and two levels of protein supplementation on intake, ammonia nitrogen and apparent digestibility of DM in growing goats. Eight goats crossed with Alpine (16.8±0.85 kg BW) were randomly assigned to four groups in a replicated Latin Square design with a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Goats were individually fed and received forage at 2% body weight dry matter base plus 150 g of supplement daily. Body weight gain was higher in goats fed sorghum stubble (p = 0.01). Dry matter retention was higher in goats fed sorghum stubble (p = 0.04). Organic matter retention was affected by forage (p = 0.001). FND was similar between supplements, but goats fed sorghum stubble retained more FND (P = 0.01). No significant effect of CBP*SUP interaction was detected (p = 0.87). Ammonia nitrogen concentration (N-NH3) was higher in goats fed sorghum stubble (p = 0.006). Goats supplemented with WMS showed higher ammonia nitrogen concentration (p = 0.005). Interaction did not affect blood urea nitrogen concentration (p = 0.79). Blood urea nitrogen was higher in goats fed sorghum stubble (p = 0.01). Supplementation did not affect blood urea nitrogen concentration (p = 0.18). In conclusion, feeding ammoniated sorghum stubble plus supplementation based on poultry litter-sugarcane molasses, wheat middlings and soybean meal is a suitable alternative during drought season for growing goats.
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J. Santos Serrato-Corona, Tania I. Minor-Hinojosa, Hector D. Garcia-Sanchez and Andrea Minor-Hinojosa, 2016. Effects of Two Levels of Protein Supplementation on Intake, Apparent Digestibility and Ammonia Nitrogen in Growing Goats Fed Ammoniated Crop By-Products. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 15: 319-323.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.319.323
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.319.323
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.319.323
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.319.323
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