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Investigating the effects of wheat bran as substitute on performance of Moghani lambs

Afghahi Abolhasan and Orang Esteghamat*

Department of Animal Science, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran

 
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.

Keywords: Moghani lamb; wheat bran; dry matter intake; performance
 
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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