
Effects of feeding milk calf replacer on performance of Farahani lambs | ||
علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
Article 7, Volume 5, Issue 19, September 2016, Pages 63-70 PDF (797.38 K) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2016.107588 | ||
Authors | ||
ramezanali azizi* ; A. Mirshamsollahi; H. Mansouri | ||
Abstract | ||
An experiment was carried out to compare the effects of ewe milk with commercial milk calf replacer on the growth, feed intake and feed efficiency of suckling lambs. This trial was accomplished for 90 days basis on completely randomized design in a herd of private sector. sixty native breed male lambs were separated from their mothers at 10±2 days of age divided into 4 groups (15 lambs per treatment) and were fed with 4 treatments :1- Feeding Lamb to the traditional method (only ewe milk), 2- feeding Lamb to the traditional method (ewe milk) and supplementary nutrition, 3- feeding calf milk replacer to the lambs with a promise of ewe milk, 4- feeding calf milk replacer to the lambs with a promise of ewe milk and supplementary nutrition. Lambs were fed ewe milk or milk replacer in two times a day. Results showed that average of daily weight gain (ADG), dry matter intake, feed efficiency in lambs fed ewe milk and milk replacer did not any significant differences. | ||
Keywords | ||
callf milk replacer; performance; farahani lamb | ||
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