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Effect of palm kernel cake and trace minerals on performance of growing
Naemi lambs
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Mutassim M. Abdelrahman1, Riyadh S. Aljumaah1,
Abdullah H. Alyemni2, Moez Ayadi1, Hassan Metwally1
and M. Y. Al-Saiady2
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1King
Saud University, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, Department of
Animal production, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia; 2ARASCO Company, P.O. Box 53845, Riyadh 11593,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abstract |
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding palm
kernel cake (PKC) in a total mixed ration (TMR) on performance of Naemi
lambs. Thirty six growing male Naemi lambs (25.9±1.3 kg), 3-4 months
old, were distributed into three treatments (three replicates/treatment)
as follow: Control group (C), fed traditional diet containing alfalfa
hay and barley grain; Treatment 1 (T1), fed TMR containing 0% palm
kernel cake; Treatment 2 (T2): fed TMR containing 20% palm Kernel cake.
Body weight and feed intake were determined and blood samples were
collected. Five lambs from each group were slaughtered at the end of the
trial and tissues samples were collected. A significant effect (P<0.05)
of feeding TMR with or without PKC on total feed intake and weight gain
was recorded as compared to C group. Feeding PKC significantly increased
iron concentration in serum, liver and meat. Zinc concentration in the
serum and liver also increased significantly by feeding PKC.
Furthermore, total serum iron concentration was positively correlated to
the liver (R2= 0.478; P<0.04) and meat iron (R2=
0.421; P<0.05). It was concluded that feeding PKC (20%) in TMR to
growing Naemi lambs improved body weight gain and feed intake without
producing negative effects on the absorption and metabolism of trace
minerals.
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Keywords:
palm kernel cake, iron, trace minerals, hormones, naemi lambs |
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To cite this article:
Abdelrahman MM, RS Aljumaah, AH Alyemni, M Ayadi, H Metwally and MY Al-Saiady,
2014.
Effect of palm kernel cake and trace minerals on performance of growing
Naemi lambs.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(5): 268-272. |
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