Performance of growing buffalos calves on diet containing calcium salts of fatty acids
Abstract: Twenty-one weaned four months old buffalo calves of about 90 ±1.232 Kg body weight were randomly allotted into three similar groups. The first group received a diet containing no supplemented fat, 2nd received diet containing local produced calcium salts of fatty acids (LCa-SFA) seeds and the3rd received a diet containing imported calcium salts of fatty acids (ImCa-SFA). A calcium salt of fatty acids (CaSFA) was added to concentrate diet by 8% on OM basis of total concentrate as replacement of 50% of corn grain on energy basis. The three rations were comparable in nutrient contents except that EE, which was lower in the treated rations. The content of ash, medium chain and saturated fatty acids were higher and the FA and AEE were lower in imported compared to the locate Ca-SFA. Feeding local Ca-SFA resulted in high (P<0.05) feed conversion and weight gain than the other two groups.
Nutrient digestibility and nutritive values, except AEE, were not affected with adding Ca-SFA to the experimental rations. The digestibilities of cell wall constituent (NOF, AOF, cellulose and hemi-cellulose) were not affected significantly by added CaSFA compared with control group.
The average daily gains of the tested groups were significantly higher than the control. Meanwhile, the group fed on ration included local Ca-SFA showed higher gain rate than those fed the imported Ca-SFA
Ruminal pH, TVFA's Acetate butyrate and A/P ratio, T N, NPN and TPN were not affected by feeding Ca-SFA as compared to the control group. A proportion of propionate was significantly (P<0.05) higher and NH3-N was lower significantly with added Ca-SFA compared with control.
Total lipids, TG, total cholesterol and FFA's in blood serum were significantly higher in the treated groups compared to the control. Neither Local nor imported CaSFA affected the values of total protein, albumin, globulin, AlG ratio, NH3-N, SGPT, and SGOT and alkaline phosphates in blood serum.
It could be concluded that local Ca-SFA instead of important one could be efficiently utilized in animal feeds as by pass fat for growing buffalo calves.
Keywords: Buffalo calves, calcium salts of fatty acids, growth, and digestibility.
Publication year 2005
Pages 3559-3572
Availability location معهد بحوث الانتاج الحيوانى-شارع نادى الصيد- الدقى- الجيزة
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Organization Name
City المنصورة
serial title Journal Agricultural Science Mansoura University
ISSN 1110-0346
Author(s) from ARC
External authors (outside ARC)
    حمدى خطاب جامعة عين شمس
Agris Categories Animal feeding
AGROVOC
TERMS		 Calves. Digestibility. Energy. Fatty acids. Growth. Maize.
Proposed Agrovoc calcium salts;Buffalo calves;buffalo calves;
Publication Type Journal
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