Delinted cottonseed in diets for finishing sheep

The use of agricultural by-products might provide an important alternative to improve animal agriculture and to reduce feeding costs. The effects of inclusion in the diet of four levels of delinted cottonseed (0, 80, 160, and 240 g/kg) on intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance, blood parameters, an...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2020-09, Vol.52 (5), p.2461-2468
Main Authors: Castro, W. J. R., Zanine, A. M., Ferreira, D. J., Souza, A. L., Pinho, R. M. A., Parente, M. O. M., Parente, H. N., Santos, E. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body Weight
Carbohydrates
Diet
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Fiber - metabolism
Dietary intake
Digestibility
Digestion
Dry matter
Feeding Behavior
Gossypium - chemistry
Life Sciences
Male
Mathematical analysis
Nitrogen balance
Organic matter
Regular Articles
Rumination
Seeds - chemistry
Sheep
Sheep Diseases
Urea
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Water intake
Water intakes
Zoology
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Summary:The use of agricultural by-products might provide an important alternative to improve animal agriculture and to reduce feeding costs. The effects of inclusion in the diet of four levels of delinted cottonseed (0, 80, 160, and 240 g/kg) on intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance, blood parameters, and the ingestive behaviour of confined sheep were studied. Twenty-four mixed-breed rams with an average body weight of 27.6 ± 2.9 kg were used in a completely randomised design with four treatments. The addition of delinted cottonseed (DCS) did not alter ( P  > 0.05) the intake of dry matter, crude protein, organic matter, neutral detergent fibre, or ether extract in the two forms calculated (g/day and % body weight). The use of different levels of DCS in sheep feed did not influence ( P  > 0.05) the voluntary water intake. The dietary DCS levels linearly affected ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-019-02134-3