NUTRITIONAL PERFORMANCE OF GROWING SHEEP FED SILAGE OF SALT TOLERANT PLANTS UNDER SOUTH SINAI CONDITIONS

作者：Salah Abo Bakr, H. Helal, E. Eid, Hassan El Shaer · 发表于：Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.21608/ejnf.2020.148120 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology、Animal Diversity and Health Studies、Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica

This experiment was conducted at Ras Sudr Research Station belonging to Desert Research Center to elucidate the effect of feeding salt tolerant plants (Atriplex nummularia, Fodder beet, Pearl millet) silage (STPS) on productive performance ofmale Barki sheep under arid and salinity conditions of Southern Sinai, Egypt. Sixteen male Barki sheep (31.42 ±1.79 kg and 4 months age) were randomly divided into two equal groups (8 each). The first group (control) was fed 40% berseem hay (BH) from total ration and served as control. The second group (STPS) was fed ad liptum salt tolerant plants silage (Atriplex nummularia 50%, Fodder beet 35% and Pearl millet 10%) and the final mixture was sprayed with 5% molasses. All experimental lambs were fed concentrate feed mixture (CFM) as 60% percentage for total rations according to nutrient requirements. Results revealed that wide variations in chemical composition of the experimental roughages. It can be seen that STPS have lower contents of Dry matter (DM), Organic matter (OM), Crude protein (CP), Natural detergent fiber (NDF), Acid detergent fiber (ADF), than BH. However, STPS was higher than BH in ash content. Voluntary feed intake showed not significant differences between the two experimental groups of total and CFM intake. However, STPS group had lower (P< 0.05) roughage intake than control group. Animals fed STPS had higher (P<0.05) crude protein digestibility than the control group. Moreover, there were not significant differences be...