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Investigating the effects of wheat bran as substitute on performance of
Moghani lambs
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Afghahi Abolhasan and
Orang Esteghamat* |
Department of Animal Science, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Astara, Iran
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Abstract |
This investigation was
carried out to study different levels of wheat bran on performance of
Moghani fattening lambs. Twenty-four male Moghani lambs with mean body
weight of 30.42±0.525 kg were used in completely randomized design with
four treatments each containing six animals for a total of 84 days
feeding trial. Experimental treatments included a diet without wheat
bran (control), and treatments consisting of 10, 20 and 30% wheat bran.
The results of experiment showed that using different levels of wheat
bran had no significant influence on dry matter intake. Use of 20% wheat
bran caused a significant improvement in weight gain and feed conversion
ratio (FCR) in experimental lambs. The result indicated that wheat bran
at the rate of 20% proved to be a good substitution of other valuable
grains.
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Keywords:
Moghani lamb; wheat bran;
dry matter intake; performance |
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To cite this article:
Abolhasan A and O Esteghamat,
2015.
Investigating the effects of wheat bran on
performance of Moghani lambs.
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(3): 105-107. |
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