Performance of growing crossbred carabaos fed rice straw supplemented with concentrate and/or Urea-Molases-Mineral block

Date

4-1995

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Benito A. Oliveros

Abstract

A 77-day feeding trial was conducted to determine the Performance of growing crossbred carabaos fed rice straw supplemented with concentrate and/or urea-molases-mineral block (UMMB) and to evaluate the economics of using UMMB a supplement to rice straw.

Twelve growing crossbred carabaos [8 Phil-Nurrah (F.). 3 Phil-Murrah (F.) and 3 Phil-Ravi (F=)] were randomly alloted to three treatment. with four replications Per treatment following a randomized complete block design. The three treatments were: T1 - rice straw UNNB; T2 - rice straw + concentrate (0,50 BM) + UMMB; and T3 - rice strew + concentrate (IX of BM). The nutrient intake, growth rate and cost of feeding the animals were determined.

Crossbred carabaos fed the different diets did not differ significantly in terms of total dry matter intake (DMI). However, animals fed rice strew supplemented with UMMB had higher (P < 0.05) rice straw DMI, as percent of body weight (BW), than those fed diet supplemented with concentrate alone or UMMB + concentrate. Supplementing rice straw diet with concentrate (0.4% of BW) and UMMB resulted in higher (P <0.05) total crude protein intake than using concentrate alone (0.75 of BM).

When UMMB was used as the sole supplement for rice straw based diet, crossbred carabaos had an average daily gain (ADG) of 184.25 g. This implies that the supplement can support the maintenance requirement of the animals. On other hand, crossbred carabaos fed diet supplemented with concentrate alone had an ADG of 322.24 g. The highest (P < 0.05) ADG, beat (P < 0.05) feed efficiency and lowest cost to produce a kilogram gain in weight was obtained by crossbred carabaos fed rice straw supplemented with UMMB and concentrate et 0.4% of BW.

The results of the study suggest that UMMB can be used as a partial substitute for concentrate mixture as supplement for rice straw based diet and still produce significantly better ADG at a lower cost for crossbred carabaos.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1995 A5 A24

Document Type

Thesis

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