Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia

Tegene Negesse; Adugna Gebregiorgis; Ajebu Nurfeta

Author: Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta

Keyword: Feed resource, Growth rate, Feed intake, Sweet Potato Vine Hay

Abstract: Through a diagnostic survey and feeding trials (Aleta Chuko Woreda, SNNPRS), availability of common feed resources and effect of sweet potato vine hay (SPVH) and concentrate (50%wheat bran +50% noug cake) supplementation to local bucks on growth performance were assessed at farmers’ management levels. Out of 150 households (HHs) interviewed it was found that natural pasture, crop residues, fodder tree and industrial by products are main feed resources; livestock are mainly kept for milk production and income but small ruminants only for income and average livestock holding per HH was 6.69 TLU. Yearling bucks (16.9 ± 3.21 kg) were assigned into four treatment diets in a RCBD design. One animal from each of four treatment diets were given to each of four farmers selected. Bucks were grazing natural pasture from 8:00 to 17:00h and supplemented with 88g concentrate (T1), 88g concentrate + 171.2 g SPVH (T2), 88g concentrate +316.9 g SPVH (T3) and 88g concentrate + 461.3 g SPVH (T4) on DM basis. Goats under T2, T3 and T4 consumed higher (p < 0.001) total DM than those of T1. The DM (88, 259, 405 and 549), OM (75, 217, 335 and 455), CP (23, 49, 72 and 91), NDF (37, 97, 148 and 199) and ADF (20, 58, 90 and 122) intakes and daily weight gain (32, 48, 58 and 69g/head/d) increased (P < 0.05) with increasing level of supplementation of SPVH (T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively). It can be concluded that supplementing bucks up to 461gDM/head/d SPVH gave highest growth rate.

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Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta et al."Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 3, 2016, pp.466-475 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijaers/3.10.24

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Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta, P.(2016).Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(3), 466-475.10.22161/ijaers/3.10.24

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Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta. 2016."Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(3):466-475.Doi:10.22161/ijaers/3.10.24

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Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta."Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 3, pp.466-475,2016.

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@article { tegenenegesse2016assessment,
title={Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia},
author={Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
}