Effect of nonstructural carbohydrates on production performance, rumen metabolism and rumen health in lambs fed with isocaloric and isonitrogenous complete diets

Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) are readily fermentable in the rumen and, are a critical factor while preparing protracted feed for higher animal performance. Four isocaloric and isonitrogenous complete feeds were prepared for this investigation to contain varying levels of nonstructural carbohydr...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2024-06, Vol.56 (5), p.181, Article 181
Main Authors: Panneerselvam, Senthilkumar, Palanisamy, Vasan, Balasubramaniam, Mohan, Palanisamy, Selvaraj, Jaganathan, Muralidharan, Kannan, Thiruvenkadan Aranganoor
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Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonia
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Area
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body weight
Body weight gain
Carbohydrates
Diet
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage
Dietary Carbohydrates - analysis
Dry matter
Energy loss
Fatty acids
Feed conversion
Feed efficiency
Feeds
Fermentation
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Life Sciences
Linoleic acid
Male
Metabolism
Nutrient deficiency
Oleic acid
Papillae
Propionic acid
Random Allocation
Regular Articles
Rumen
Rumen - metabolism
Sheep - growth & development
Sheep - physiology
Sheep, Domestic - growth & development
Sheep, Domestic - physiology
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Weight Gain
Zoology
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Summary:Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) are readily fermentable in the rumen and, are a critical factor while preparing protracted feed for higher animal performance. Four isocaloric and isonitrogenous complete feeds were prepared for this investigation to contain varying levels of nonstructural carbohydrates viz., 40.13 (NSC1), 45.21 (NSC2), 50.00 (NSC3) and 55.85 (NSC4) per cent, respectively. The four isocaloric and isonitrogenous complete feeds were tested in 32 Mecheri ram lambs (around three months of age) in a completely randomised block design ( n  = 8), and the lambs were fed their respective feed for six months. The study revealed that the increased NSC level in the complete diet increased the body weight and weight gain linearly ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-024-04029-4