Substitution levels of cacao sheet shell as a supplement for confined sheep feed elephant grass
1989
Pulungan, H. | Rangkuti, M. | Haryati, T. | Erlinawati | Rustandi, T. (Balai Penelitian Ternak, Bogor (Indonesia))
An experiment has been conducted in order to study the levels of cacao sheet shell (CSS) to substitute concentrate ration sheep. The concentrate-rations consist of rice bran, corn meal and a complete mineral mixture. Sixteen Javanese thin-tailed lambs, with an average body weight of 21.4 +- 1.82 kg, were divided into 4 groups and fed concentrate 1.25 percent of body weight, substituted by 0, 15, 30 and 45 percents of cacao sheet shell, and elephant grass ad libitum. The result showed that, with the increase of CSS consumption, there were significant decrease (P0.05) in body weight gain and protein digestibility, but were not significant (P0.05) in the intake of DM on other nutrients and in digestibility of other nutrients and N retention. It was concluded that the inclusion of CSS in feed rations for sheep is recommendable at a 15 percent level in the concentrate.
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