Efficiency of zeolite basis preparation in fattening lambs diet
2012
Stojković, J., Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak (Serbia) | Ilić, Z., Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak (Serbia) | Ćirić, S., Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak (Serbia) | Ristanović, B., Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak (Serbia) | Petrović, M.P., Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Caro-Petrović, V., Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Kurčubić, V., Faculty of Agronomy, Čačak (Serbia)
The paper presents the results of a research on the impact of products based on natural zeolite on the production results of fattening lambs. The experiment involved two groups of lambs (the control - C and experimental - E groups), each consisting of 15 heads, for a period of 90 days. The meal was made from sheep milk, feed mixtures for fattening lambs and meadow hay. The test group lambs, unlike the ones from the control group, were given mixtures based on natural zeolite. Min-a-Zel S mixture (in the form of 25% composite) was fed to lambs from birth till their 14th day of life, directly into the mouth, once a day (before the morning feed), in the amount of 10 ml. Min-a-Zel Plus was given to them from their 15th day of life, together with the feed mixture (0.5%). Feeding was at will. The average weight of lambs at the end of the experiment, in accordance with the sequence of treatments (C:E) was 24.40:26.94 kg (P is less than 0.01). Daily weight gain of lambs, during the experiment, was 229:256 g and in the experimental group it was by 27g or 11.79% higher (P is less than 0.01). The test group lambs had a better utilization of dry matter, protein and energy, which justifies the use of products based on natural zeolite in fattening lambs.
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