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Title: | Characteristics of Canary Hair Sheep (Pelibuey) Lamb’s Carcass Fed with Banana (Musa acuminate) By-products | Authors: | Ahmed Salek, S. Jáber Mohamad, José Raduán Navarro, V. Gutiérrez Cabrera, Carlos Javier Rodríguez Ventura, Myriam |
UNESCO Clasification: | 310406 Nutrición 3104 Producción Animal |
Keywords: | Banana by‐product Canary hair sheep breed Carcass quality Pelibuey sheep |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Journal: | Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science | Abstract: | The use of alternative feeds for animal nutrition has widely been recommended in the last years. Banana (Musa acuminate) is a predominant culture in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world with an estimated world production of 116 million tons. Banana by-products could be used as alternative feeds for ruminant nutrition. The present study assessed the effects of replacing ryegrass hay with banana by-products on carcass characteristic and composition in Canary hair sheep lambs. The animals (N=22, weighted 14.8±0.5 kg body weight (BW)) were divided into 2 groups receiving a mixture of fresh banana by-products and commercial ryegrass hay, respectively. A commercial concentrate feed was also added to both groups. After a 58-day trial, 14 animals (n=14) were slaughter at weights of 25.0 ± 0.6 kg BW. Carcass weight, dressing weight, composition and tissue weight were not significantly different for both groups, except for the weights of the empty digestive tracts (P=0.001) and livers (P=0.002). The results confirm that banana by-products could be used as alternative forage source for Canary hair sheep lambs raised in sub-tropical conditions. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/107199 | ISSN: | 2251-628X | Source: | Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science [ISSN 2251-628X], v. 11(11), p. 95-100, (Marzo 2021) |
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