This study was carried out to determine effect of lime and/or urea treatment of sesame straw (SS) on intake, digestibility and daily body weight (BW) gain (ADG) of sheep. Twenty four yearling intact male Begait sheep with initial BW of 29.2+2.79 (mean+SD) were grouped into six blocks of four animals each and randomly assigned to four dietary treatments. Treatments were untreated SS (CT), 3% lime treated SS (L3), 4% urea and 3% lime mixture treated SS (L3U4) and 4% urea treated SS (U4). The straw was fed ad libitum and each animal was supplemented with concentrate mixture composed of 184g dry matter (DM) sesame seed cake and 87g DM wheat bran. The experiment consisted of a feeding trial of 90 days and digestibility trial of 7 days.
Publication year
2015
Authors
Aregawi, T.; Animut, G.; Kebede, K.; Kassa, H.
Language
English
Keywords
chemical composition, livestock, sesame, straw
Geographic
Ethiopia
