Effect of Substitution of Concentrate Mixture with Sesbania sesban hay on Milk Production and its Quality, Feeding Values, some Metabolic Parameters and Feed Efficiency of Egyptian Zaraibi Goats
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Hamed Gaafar
animal production research institute
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sesban, milk, compositionAbstract
To study the effect of substituted concentrate mixture (CM) with sesbania sesban hay (SH) on milk production and quality and productive performance of Zaraibi goats. Forty-five Zaraibi does with average body weight of 34.97 kg were split up into three similar groups of 15. 60% CM + 40% SH (G1), 40% CM + 60% SH (G2), and 30% CM + 70% SH (G3) for 90 days feeding trial. Additionally, 12 mature male Zaraibis were used in digestible trial to evaluate the tested rations. Compared to CM, SH has lower levels of OM, EE, and NFE but higher levels of CF, CP, and ash. Similar to this, as SH level increase led to increase CF content and decrease NFE content. Increasing the level of SH decreased nutrient digestibility and feeding values. Ruminal pH values tended to increase with noticeable variations at three hours after feeding, however, the concentrations of ammonia-N and total volatile fatty acids in the rumen changed significantly, with the lowest values in G3. The tested rations had no discernible effect on the majority of measured blood parameters. The highest yields of actual milk and 4% fat corrected milk (FCM) were detected in G1 and G2, while G3 had the lowest values with notable variations. G3 had the highest percentages of fat, protein, lactose, and total solids, while the highest percentage of solids but not fat was in G1 with significant variations. Milk quality includes color, flavor, acidity, and pH were all quite comparable with a negative correlation between milk yield and somatic cell counts (SCC). Compared to G1 and G2, the concentration of saturated fatty acids (SFA) tended to decrease as SH increased in G3, while G1 had the lowest unsaturated fatty acid (USFA) levels (37.98%). Additionally, feeding high concentrates mixture diets improved feed conversion based on DM, TDN, CP, and DCP; nevertheless, feeding lactating Zaraibi goats high sesbania sesban hay rations improved economic efficiency. In conclusion, these results indicates that high level of Sesbania sesban hay improves milk fat, protein, total solids, and unsaturated fatty acids as well as economic efficiency, while high concentrate level improve digestion, feeding value, milk yield and feed conversion.
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