IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy2121General SciencesDEGRADATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN GROUNDNUT CAKE, PANICUM MAXIMUM AND RUMEN EPITHELIAL SCRAPING BASED DIETS BY WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP OgunwoleO. A.0308915This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Three West African dwarf rams fitted with rumen cannula, were used in a completely randomized design for the study of the degradation of organic matter (OM) of groundnut cake (GNC), Panicum maximum (Guinea grass), rumen epithelial scraping (RES), and diets containing increasing levels of RES. Concentrate diets were formulated such that 0% (A), 50% (B), and 100% (C) of groundnut cake were replaced with RES in a diet containing 20% GNC. The soluble fraction ?a__ampersandsignrsquo; (86.81, 80.55, 68.83), insoluble fraction ?b__ampersandsignlsquo; (4.8, 3.88, 4.62) and rumen undegradable organic matter (RUOM) (8.39, 15.57, 26.55) obtained for GNC, grass and RES respectively varied significantly (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05). Significant variations (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05) were also observed for a, b and RUOM of the test diets A, B and C. Effective degradability (ED) of OM in GNC, grass and RES (at the outflow rate of 0.02) were 77.34, 58.68 and 38.73 respectively, varied significantly (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05). The ED of OM obtained for the diets decreased significantly (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05) with increased inclusion of RES. The RES contained (26.55%) significantly higher (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05) level of RUOM compared to either Panicum maximum (15.57%) or GNC (8.39).

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