Influence of Abrus Precatorious Crude Oil Supplementation on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility Rumen Fermentation and Microbial Population of Malabari Bucks
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https://doi.org/10.59890/ijgsr.v3i7.36Keywords:
Abrus Precatorious, Goats, Microbial Population, Performance, Rumen FermentationAbstract
This experiment was conducted to determine the influence of Abrus precatorious crude oil supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility rumen fermentation and microbial population of Malabari bucks. 40 Malabari bucks of about 7 months of age 30.55 ± 0.12 kg initial body weight was used for this experiment. Animals were grouped into four treatments based on their weight. Each treatment consists of 10 animals and individually housed in an already disinfected semi-open pens. Basal diet was compounded to meet the requirement of goats according to NRC (2007). Goats in treatment A (TA; control) received basal diet only while those in TB, TC and TD were given basal diet supplemented with Abrus precatorious oil at 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 mL per kg. A completely randomized experimental design was adopted and the study lasted for 60 days. Abrus precatorious crude oil supplementation increased (P < 0.05) the final body weight, apparent digestibilities of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, non-structural carbohydrates, acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre. Dietary supplementation of Abrus precatorious oil also decreased ruminal pH, ammonia nitrogen, methane and protozoal counts, and increased the concentrations (p<0.05) of total volatile fatty acids, acetate, propionate, valerate, bacteria and fungi counts. Conversely, butyrate, isobutyrate and isovelerate concentrations were not affected by the treatment (p˃0.05). In conclusion, crude Abrus precatorious oil supplementation at 0.6 mL oil/kg DM feed improved final body weight, nutrient digestibility and also had positive effect on rumen fermentation, and microbial population without causing any detrimental effect on the performance of goats
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