Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia

Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia



Tegene Negesse, Adugna Gebregiorgis, Ajebu Nurfeta



Through a diagnostic survey and feeding trials (Aleta
Chuko Woreda, SNNPRS), availability of common feed resources and effect
of sweet potato vine hay (SPVH) and concentrate (50%wheat bran +50% noug
cake) supplementation to local bucks on growth performance were
assessed at farmers’ management levels. Out of 150 households (HHs)
interviewed it was found that natural pasture, crop residues, fodder
tree and industrial by products are main feed resources; livestock are
mainly kept for milk production and income but small ruminants only for
income and average livestock holding per HH was 6.69 TLU. Yearling bucks
(16.9 ± 3.21 kg) were assigned into four treatment diets in a RCBD
design. One animal from each of four treatment diets were given to each
of four farmers selected. Bucks were grazing natural pasture from 8:00
to 17:00h and supplemented with 88g concentrate (T1), 88g concentrate +
171.2 g SPVH (T2), 88g concentrate +316.9 g SPVH (T3) and 88g
concentrate + 461.3 g SPVH (T4) on DM basis. Goats under T2, T3 and T4
consumed higher (p < 0.001) total DM than those of T1. The DM (88,
259, 405 and 549), OM (75, 217, 335 and 455), CP (23, 49, 72 and 91),
NDF (37, 97, 148 and 199) and ADF (20, 58, 90 and 122) intakes and daily
weight gain (32, 48, 58 and 69g/head/d) increased (P < 0.05) with
increasing level of supplementation of SPVH (T1, T2, T3 and T4,
respectively). It can be concluded that supplementing bucks up to
461gDM/head/d SPVH gave highest growth rate. 



10.22161/ijaers/3.10.24



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