TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of <I>Prosopis juliflora</I> Seedpod Meal Supplement on Weight Gain of Weaner Galla Goats in Kenya
AU - Wahome, R.G. AU - Choge, S.K. AU - Kinuthia, R.N. AU - Koech, O.K. 
JO  - Research Journal of Animal Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 58
EP  - 62
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5269
DO  - rjnasci.2010.58.62
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjnasci.2010.58.62
KW  - Growth
KW  -feed intake
KW  -supplementation
KW  -Prosopis juliflora
KW  -feed conversion
KW  -digestibility
AB  - A study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing amounts of <I>Prosopis juliflora</I> seedpod meal on the growth rate of weaner Galla goats. The overall aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of incorporating Prosopis seedpods into a typical dryland livestock production system. Twenty weaner Galla goats of similar age (6 months) and weights (11-14 kg) were randomly assigned to four treatments of five weaners  each.  The  treatments  were  T<SUB>1 </SUB> No  Prosopis  (control  treatment),  T<SUB>2</SUB>  (100g/goat/day Prosopis), T<SUB>3</SUB> (200 g/goat/day Prosopis) and  T<SUB>4</SUB> (400 g/goat/day Prosopis). Prosopis contained 88.4% Dry Matter (DM), 18.5% Crude Protein (CP), 83.2% Organic Matter (OM), 51.8% Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF), 29.8% acid detergent fibre and 5.2% Ash. The experiment lasted for 70 days. Overall, all the treatment groups exhibited higher average weekly weight gains than T<SUB>1</SUB> (control) throughout the experimental period. However for the first 3 weeks these differences were not statistically significant (p&lt;0.05). From the 5th week on wards however, the differences in growth rates were statistically significant (p&lt;0.05). Treatment T<SUB>3</SUB> exhibited highest total weight gain (3.96 kg) followed by T<SUB>4</SUB> (2.70 kg). Group T<SUB>1</SUB> had lowest weight by the end of the experiment. This study demonstrated that Prosopis could be used as goats feed up to 200 g/goat/day giving good weight gains and no negative effects on feed intakes and digestibility.
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