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Intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, serum metabolites and growth performance of lambs supplemented with Acacia mearnsii condensed tannin extract
- Source :
- Animal Feed Science and Technology. 272:114744
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- The objective of this study was to determine the optimal amount of condensed tannins (CT) from Acacia mearnsii extract for inclusion in lamb diets. Forty noncastrated lambs with a mean age of four months and a mean body weight (BW) of 21.5 ± 1.9 kg were randomized into five treatment groups: 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 g CT/kg dry matter (DM). Eight lambs were included in each treatment group to evaluate their intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) balance, serum metabolites and growth performance. Intake of DM, crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fiber (NDFap), nonfibrous carbohydrates (NFC) and N, N retention, final BW, average daily gain (ADG), and ADG to DMI ratio quadratically (P
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
0303 health sciences
Nutrient digestibility
Nitrogen balance
biology
030309 nutrition & dietetics
Chemistry
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Body weight
biology.organism_classification
040201 dairy & animal science
Acacia mearnsii
03 medical and health sciences
Neutral Detergent Fiber
Animal science
Proanthocyanidin
Animal Science and Zoology
Dry matter
Condensed tannin
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03778401
- Volume :
- 272
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal Feed Science and Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........be8800cc9ff09e504445b585f1138197