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30th Annual Conference Proceedings of ASAN

Conference Number: 30

Year: 2025

Venue: Federal University of Lafia

Dates: 16–20 March 2025

ISSN: 1596-5570

Editors: Olumayokun A.O., Oluvictoria O.A., Oluolayo V.O.

Articles

Potential Value of Sesban (Sesbania Sesban) Fodder and Napier Grass Hay Mixture Diets on the Growth Performance of West African Dwarf Growing Bucks

Authors: Adebisi, I.A., Ajibike, A.B., Okunlola, O.O., Adeniyi, O.A., Alalade, J.A., Mustapha, T.B., Bako, B.A., Omojowo, D.D., Akanmu, O.C., Adesope, A. T and Ogunrinade, O.H

Pages: 1 - 4

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Potential Value of Sesban (Sesbania Sesban) Fodder and Napier Grass Hay Mixture Diets on the Growth Performance of West African Dwarf Growing Bucks

Growth performance of West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks fed Sesbania sesban forage with Napier grass hay mixture diet for 90days feeding trial was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology Igbo-ora, Nigeria. Sixteen (16) growing WAD bucks between 6 - 9 months of weighing 6.00-10.00kg were randomly allocated to four (4) treatments with 4 bucks per
treatment and 2 bucks per replicate in a completely randomized design, and were fed daily with varied experimental diets (T1 = 100%NG hay (100NG); T2 = 25%NG + 75%SS hay (25NG75SS); T3 = 50%NG+50%SS hay (50NG50SS); T4 = 100%SS hay (100SS)) with a 500g concentrate diet for individual animals. There were significant (P<0.05) differences in all parameters determined on growth performance
across the dietary treatments. Buck maintained on T4 diet had the highest daily feed intake (283.19g/d), while the lowest value (235.98g/d) for DFI was recorded on bucks fed diet T₁. The results revealed that bucks fed diet T₁ recorded the least daily weight gain (20.56g/d) while the highest daily weight gain(25.33g/d) was recorded in bucks fed diet T4. Hence, bucks fed diet T3, that contained 50%NG + 50%SS hay mixture recorded the best feed utilization value of 11.10. The study revealed that the 50%NG + 50%SS hay mixture diet has a good nutrient profile and enhanced feed utilization in terms of feed conversion ratio (FCR) by the bucks.

RUMEN PROFILE OF RED SOKOTO BUCKS FED WITH DIFFERENT PROCESSED FORMS OF Piliostigma reticulatum PODS

Authors: Yusuf, A., Makanjuola, P. O. Garba, M. G., Lamido, M. and Madigawa, L. I.

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RUMEN PROFILE OF RED SOKOTO BUCKS FED WITH DIFFERENT PROCESSED FORMS OF Piliostigma reticulatum PODS

Nine weeks feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding different processed Piliostigma
reticulatum pods on rumen profile of Red Sokoto bucks. Twelve bucks with an average initial weight of 9
± 2 kg were randomly allocated to three dietary treatments in a completely randomized design that
consisted 30% P. reticulatum pods designated as T1 (control), T2 (soaked) and T3 (roasted), formulated
to provide 12% crude protein. The parameters evaluated were; rumen pH, temperature and total volatile
fatty acids. The data generated were analyzed and difference among the means were separated using least
significant difference. The results revealed that significant differences (P0.05) different among the treatments, though T3 recorded the highest
numerical value (23.00), followed by T1 (19.00) and T2 (18.33). Rumen temperature differed
significantly (P<0.05) with T1 recording the highest temperature (17.00°C), followed by T3 (16.67°C)
and T2 (15.00°C). The study concluded that roasting P. reticulatum pods maintained higher rumen pH
within the optimal range for cellulolytic activity, while soaking better preserved crude protein but resulted
in lower pH values. These findings suggest that roasting as a processing method of P. reticulatum pods
can be strategically employed to meet specific nutritional objectives in small ruminant feeding systems.

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