Effect of feeding frequency on nutrient digestibility of west african dwarf goats Department:Animal Nutrition By: ElijahT Project ID: 5418 Rating: (3.3) votes: 6 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding frequency on nutrient digestibility of West African dwarf (WAD) goats fed concentrate supplement and groundnut haulms. Twelve (12) growing bucks were used and divided equally into three treatments with four goats per treatment. Concentrate was fed to the animals at 5% of their body weight in which treatment 1 was fed once, treatment 2 were fed twice and treatment 3 were fed thrice. The experiment lasted for eighty-four days in which during the last seven days, six animals were selected (two per treatment) to be placed in a digestibility cage and fecal samples collected were subjected to laboratory analysis. The data collected were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a Completely Randomized Design arrangement using SAS 2010 package. At the end of the study, the result shows that the ether extract and acid detergent fibre were influenced (P0.05) by feeding frequency. The study revealed that feeding frequency with twice feeding had no negative effect on the nutrient digestibility of WAD goats and could therefore be concluded that concentrate can be fed twice daily to WAD goats....Preview Download Preview +Other Animal Nutrition project topics and materials you might be interested in»Performance response of feedlot Bunaji Bulls to dietary inclusion of Thaumatococcus Daniellii leaf meal»Effect of feeding frequency on nutrient digestibility of west african dwarf goats»Carcass characteristics of rabbit-fed diet containing graded levels of dried cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf residues»Performance of rabbits fed diet containing graded levels of sweet detar (Detarium Microcarpum) fruit meal»Apparent nutrient digestibility of growing pigs fed graded levels of cassava peels meal supplemented with probiotics (lactic dry)»Carcass performance and organ weight characteristics of f1 progenies of fulani ecotype and frizzled feather crossbred with Arbor Acre chickens