IN-VIVO NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF DATE PALM LEAVES IN TOTAL MIXED RATION FOR ADULT MARWARI SHEEP
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 54
Abstract
The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of incorporation of dried and green date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L. [Arecaceae] leaves in total mixed ration (TMR) comprising of 30:70 concentrates: Jowar hay as maintenance ration of adult Marwari sheep. Twenty-one adult Marwari sheep of similar body weight were randomly allotted to three groups, seven in each and were individually fed for 15 days preliminary feeding and 60 days experimental period to meet their energy and protein requirements as per ICAR 1998 standards. The sheep were fed TMR without Date palm leaves (T1); TMR with ADPL replacing 40% of jowar hay (T2) and TMR with GDPL replacing 40% of jowar hay on dry matter equivalent basis (T3). The TMR comprising of either air dried or green date palm leaves replacing jowar hay at 40% DM equivalent basis, had no any adverse effect on voluntary feed intake and body weights of adult Marwari sheep. The three groups also did not differ from each other with respect to digestibility coefficients for dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fiber, ether extract, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber
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V. N. PARMAR
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