Comparative growth performance of West African dwarf goat supplemented with Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium or cotton seed cake in West Cameroon | Etude comparee des performances pnderales des chevres naines de Guinee supplementees au Leucaena leucocephala, au Gliricidia sepium ou au tourteau de coton dans l'Ouest Cameroun
2001
Tedonkeng Pamo, E. | Kennang, T.B.A. | Kangmo, M.V. (Universite de Dschang (Cameroon))
A comparative growth performance study of West African Dwarf Goat supplemented with Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium or cotton seed cake was carried out on-farm around Dschang and at the University Experimental Farm on the Western Highland region of Cameroon. Goats aged between 12 and 16 months were divided into 4 groups of 11 animals each, with one group kept as a control. The goats in the supplemented groups received 390 g of L. leucocephala, 513 g of G. sepium and 88.8 g of cotton seed cake respectively, corresponding to a supplementation 6 g of nitrogen per animal per day. Animals were weighed every 21 days during an 84 days period to evaluate their response to supplementation. The weights of animals supplemented with cotton seed cake were not significantly (P 0.05) different from those of animals supplemented with L. leucocephala. Similarly, the weights of animals supplemented with G. sepium were not different from those of the controls. The adjusted average daily weight gains per goat were 18.9 g; 17.3 g; 4.3 g; and 4.0 g respectively for animals supplemented with cotton seed cake, L. Leucocephala, G. sepium and of the control group.
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