Response of sheep to rice straw or cassava peels fortified with urea and molasses as supplemental feed to grazing

Otchere, E.O., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; Dadzie, C.B.M., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; Erbynn, K.G., Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; Ayebo, D.A., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Response of sheep to rice straw or cassava peels fortified with urea and molasses as supplemental feed to grazing

1977

Otchere, E.O., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana | Dadzie, C.B.M., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana | Erbynn, K.G., Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana | Ayebo, D.A., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Dried cassava peels and rice straw fortified with urea were fed to sheep to determine if these diets are suitable as dry season supplements to grazing sheep on the Accra plains. Results indicated that: 1. Cassava peels mixture was superior to rice straw as dry season supplemental feed to grazing sheep, 2. Non-supplemented sheep lost about 15% of their body weight during the dry season, 3. During the following rainy season, non supplemented animals gained weight faster than the animals which received supplements during the dry season, except that animals on cassava peels maintained their weight gain advantage during the following rainy season, and 4. Animals which received no supplement during the dry season exhibited a higher degree of compensatory growth during the rainy season

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