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Determination of maintenance energy and protein requirements of dromedary camel | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 40, December 2021, Pages 69-74 PDF (787.8 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2021.126096 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. Moharami* ; Gh. R. Akbari | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study was to determine the energy and protein requirements for maintenance of growing (1-2 years) camel using serial comparative slaughter technique. In this study 12 heads of camels were used. Three heads as control and 9 heads were used in three consecutive periods (each group included three replications). During the final week of experiments, camels were subjected to digestion and metabolic experiments. All animals were slaughtered at the end of the experiment and whole body energy and protein were measured. Regression analysis was used between metabolisable energy intake and retained energy, to estimate the metabolisable energy requirements for maintenance (zero energy retention). Energy requirement for maintenance was 342 KJ/day/kg W0.75. Regression analysis was used between digestible protein intake and retained protein, to estimate the protein requirements for maintenance (zero protein retention). Protein requirement for maitenance was 2.89 digestible protein gr/day/kg W0.75. In this study it is find that the camel energy and protein maintenance requirements based on W0.75 are lower than other ruminants | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Requirements; Maintenance; Energy; Protein; Dromedary | ||
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