RESPONSE OF CAMEL CALVES FOR FATIENING UNDER INTENSIVE FEEOING REGIMES. | ||||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 29, Issue 4, April 2004, Page 1677-1685 PDF (461.1 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2004.239145 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. S. Farghaly,; H. M. EI- Banna; A. M. Ali | ||||
| Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ThiS study was carried oul on two experirneols. The first experlrnent WClS conducted as a pilot experiment lasted 30 day Of) fifteen Sudanese camel calves (Came/us dromedaries) aged 2·3 years ano welghl6d 268.6242.49 Kg to determlne selectively dry matter intake (free consumptlon) trom concentrate teed mlldure (CFM) and clover hay. The second one was faNer.ing experiment prctonqed 120 day using the same animals. which reached on average of 288.S±41. f" kg to evaluate replacsment clover hay (control) with untreated rice straw (URS) or ure a treated rice straw ( T RS) to decrease feeding c osts. T he a nirnals wera divided I nto t nres equal groups In weight and fed CFM at 1.55 % 01 body weight, which represents 75% of dry matter Intake as determined In the first experiment. The t-atlening experiment showed no sJgnlfiC<lnt dillererxlls In DMI among the three groups. There was no significant (P<O.05) difference between control and TRS groups in the digastiblliUes of DM, Q,\.-l, CP, CF. NFE and the nutritive value as TON or DCP. White, the previous parameters were stgnifl(:::anUy (P<0.05) tower for URS compared with control or TRS groups. The tOlal water Intake as well as the insensible water loss was significanUy (P<:O.OS) higher when animals fed TRS ration comparillg with the other groups. The nitrogen balance of control and TRS groups was similar and slgI'jficanUy (P<O.05) higher thaI' URS group. The daily body weight gain 01 URS group was significanUy (P<O.05) lower than control and TRS groups being 525. 593 and 600 g respectively. The TRS and-cootrol groups were mars feed conversion efficientry (P<O.OS) than URS group, belog 10.24. 10.36 and 11.78 (DMl/gain), respectivetv As a result of reducing feeding costs (LElheadiday) significantly (P< 0.05) for the TRS and URS groups vs. the control group, being 3.24, 3.~ and 4.10, respectively. feeding carne: calves on TRS ratlcn gave the highest profit (ollowed by URS then control grouP. 't>etng 115.2. 57.0 and 7.~ LE/hiperiod. II could be concluded that clover hay could be entirely replaced with rice straw either treated or not treated with urea molasses mitlur6 to reduce feeding costs as well as achieving more profu. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Camels; fattening; intensive feeding and rice straw | ||||
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