Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances1683-99191996-3289Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/ajava.2009.52.59AbdelrahmanM. 2200942This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect
of high dietary energy and protected methionine (Smartamine)TM
on the growth, feed intake and efficiency and mineral concentrations in
blood serum and tissues of shami kids during finishing stage. Fifteen
growing shami kids (3 to 4 month old) were distributed equally to three
treatments groups as follow: Control (NRC requirements); T1
(High energy 3.0 Mcal ME kg-1) and T2 (high energy
3.0 Mcal ME kg-1 and 5 g/head/day methionine as Smartamine).
Treatment causes a significant change (p<0.05) on monthly and overall
weight gain. Feeding shami kids high energy significantly increased weight
gain, lower feed intake and consequently improve feed conversion. A significantly
lower concentrate and alfalfa hay intake were reported in Shami kids fed
high energy and protected methionine (T2) when compared with
kids from the control and T1. Moreover, dressing and tissues
percentages were not significantly affected (p>0.05) by treatment,
except testicales which was significantly reduced in kids from T2.
Magnesium and Cu concentrations in meat were significantly increased (p<0.05)
in kids fed high energy and methionine when compared with the control.
On the other hand, the inorganic matter percentages were significantly
reduced with feeding high energy (T1) and high energy with
methionine (T2) when compared with the control group. In conclusion,
feeding shami kid during the finishing period with high levels of energy
improves the total weight gain and total feed conversion. Furthermore,
methionine supplementation as Smartamine didn′t affect shami kids
performance, which means the energy requirements by Shami kids during
finishing period is above the recommended levels in NRC for goats.]]>AOAC.,199015th Edn.,Pages: 88Pages: 88Bellof, G. and J. Pallauf,200458495505Clark, J.H., T.H. Klusmeyer and M.R. Cameron,19927523042323Haddad, S.G., R.E. Nasr and M.M. Muwalla,2001394146Khinizy, A.M., I.M. Saddick, A.B. Kandil, B.M. Ahmed and F.M. Shahin,200475567Kioumarsi, H., K.J. Khorshidi, M. Zahedifar, A.R. Seidavi, S.Z. Mirhosseini and M.R. Taherzadeh,20083307313Ledoux, D.R. and M.C. Shannon,20052005pp: 2337Lu, C.D. and M.T. Potchoiba,19906817511759NRC,1981Puls, R.,19902nd Edn.,Rohr, K.P., P. Lebzien, H. Schafft and E. Schulz,1986142940Sniffen, C.J. and P.H. Robinson,198770425441Steel, R.G.D. and J.H. Torrie,19802nd Edn.,Pages: 633Pages: 633Underwood, E.J. and N.F. Suttle,19993rd Edn.,Pages: 624Pages: 624Verdaris, J.N. and J.L. Evans,19753912711271Wiese, S.C., C.L. white, D.G. Master and J.B. Milton,200354507513Wright, P.L.,197133137141Atti, N., H. Rouissi and M. Mahouachi,2004548997Early, R.J., O. Mahgoub and C.D. Lu,2001136461470Haddad, S.G.,2005574349Perkin-Elmer, 19811981Shan, J.G., Z.L. Tan, Z.H. Sun, J.P. Hu, S.X. Tang, H.L. Jiang, C.S. Zhou, M. Wang and G.O. Tayo,2007139159169Shiran, A.,19951995