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Evaluation of sweet lupin (lupinus albus) as green forage for sheep and rabbits
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Abstract: Two feeding experiments were conducted with sheep and rabbits in experiment 1, six metabolism trails were carried out using local sheep and New Zealand White Rabbit (three trials for each species) to evaluate the nutritional value of green forage of sweet lupin forage alone or mixed with green barley under Egyptian conditions.
In experiment 2,sixty growing NEW rabbits (30 males and 30 females aged 5 weeks and averaging 520. 7g weight were distributed into three groups on basis of body weight and sex fed the following diets: (1) 100% pelleted complete feed (PCF), which served as a control ad libitum, (2) 80% PCF+lupin forage ad libitum and (3) 60% PCF+lupin forage ad libitum.
In the first experiment, the obtained resultes revealed that, green forage of sweet lupin was palatable (average dry matter intake was 2.62 and 1.92 of body weight for sheep and rabbits, respectively) with a good digestibility for most nutrients especially for 1st cut and was high in its nutritive values. N-balance was positive for sheep and rabbits. In second experiment, dry matter intake and daily body gain of growing rabbits fed diet 3 were decrease (P<0.05) than those fed the other diets. Also DM,OM,CP,CF and NFE digestibilities and nutritive value by growing rabbits fed the same diet were decreased (P<0.05) than those fed the other diets.
The dressing % decreased (P<0.05) while, the alimentary tract % increased (P<0.05) with increasing the level of lupin forage in the diets.
The serum protein, albumin, globulin, total lipids, cholesterol, urea-N,creatinine, GOT and GPT were not affected significantly by feeding rabbits lupin forage.
Keywords: Lupin forage, rabbit performance, digestibility, blood metabolites.
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2002
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677-692
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معهد بحوث الانتاج الحيوانى-شارع نادى الصيد - الدقى- الجيزة
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| serial title |
3rd Scientific Conference On Rabbit production in Hot Climates
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| External authors (outside ARC) |
خورشد مصطفى الجندى
معهد الكفاءة الانتاجية جامعة الزقازيق
سليمان محمد عبد الباقى
جامعة الزقازيق
مختار عبد العظيم سرحان
معهد الكفاءة الانتاجية جامعة الزقازيق)
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| Agris Categories |
Animal feeding
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AGROVOC
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Digestibility.
Nutritive value.
Rabbits.
Sheep.
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| Proposed Agrovoc |
blood metabolites;rabbit performance;Lupin forage;green forage;green barley;
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Conference/Workshop
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