Umutoni, C and Bado, V and Whitbread, A M and Ayantunde, A and Gangashetty, P I (2021) Evaluation of chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of stovers of different pearl millet varieties and their effect on the performance of sheep in the West African Sahel. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science, 70 (2). ISSN 0906-4702
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of residues of five pearl millet varieties and to investigate their effect on the performance of sheep. Thirty castrated male Bali-Bali sheep were randomly assigned to five treatments. Four dual-purpose millet varieties and one local variety-Somno were used. Sheep were fed ad libitum for 90 days with the stover of five millet varieties, complemented with cowpea hay. Stover of varieties ICMV167005 and ICMV167002 showed a tendency for a higher nitrogen content (1.0%) and in vitro digestibility (51.3% and 51.8%, respectively) compared to stover of other varieties. Significant differences were observed in average daily live weight gain. The animals fed with stover of the variety ICMV167005 in their diet had higher average daily live weight gain compared with others. We conclude that ICMV167005 is a promising variety for improving the productive performance of sheep.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : West & Central Africa |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Crop residues, dual-purpose millet, feed, growth performance, sheep, West African Sahel |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Millets > Pearl Millet Others > West Africa |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2024 06:35 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2024 04:18 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12802 |
| Official URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/090647... |
| Projects: | Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Livestock Systems program, CGIAR research program Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) |
| Funders: | United States Agency for International Development (USAID), CGIAR Trust Fund |
| Acknowledgement: | The authors gratefully acknowledge the laboratory staff at ICRISAT and ILRI for their support with sample analysis using NIRS. The authors heartedly thank Dr. Michael Blummel for his useful criticism and suggestions. |
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