Nutritional value of fermented olive wastes in growing lamb rations

• Published in: Animal feed science and technology 2008-04, Vol.141 (3), p.375-383
• Main Authors: Christodoulou, V., Bampidis, V.A., Israilides, C.J., Robinson, P.H., Giouzelyiannis, A., Vlyssides, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcass characteristics; carcass weight; digestibility; Feed and pet food industries; feed conversion; females; fermented olive waste; Fermented olive wastes; Food industries; food processing wastes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gender differences; Growing lambs; Hordeum vulgare; lamb feeding; lamb meat; lambs; males; Meat and meat product industries; meat composition; nutritive value; Olea; Olea europaea; olives; waste utilization
• ISSN: 0377-8401; 1873-2216
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.06.026

In an experiment with 40 growing Florina (Pelagonia) lambs, effects of replacing barley grain, sugar beet pulp, and alfalfa meal with fermented olive wastes (FOW) and soybean meal on productivity and meat composition was determined. In the 45-day experiment, lambs were allocated to one of the four treatments of 10 lambs (5 male and 5 female) each. Male and female lambs had an initial body weight (BW) of 19.7 ± 0.8 and 19.5 ± 0.8 kg, respectively, and were individually fed a concentrate mixture ad libitum and alfalfa hay (0.18 kg/lamb/day, dry matter (DM) basis). The FOW was added to the concentrate mixtures at inclusion levels (as fed basis) of 0, 50, 100, and 150 kg/t for treatments FOW0, FOW50, FOW100, and FOW150, respectively. Male lambs grew faster (P0.05) occurred among FOW treatments in final BW, BW gain, DM intake, or feed conversion ratio. Males had heavier (P