Browsing by Author "Afolayan, F.O"

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    Effect of Treated Rice Husk (RH) as a replacement of Wheat bran on the Carcass characteristics of West African Dwarf Goat
    (2023) Afolayan, F.O; Ogunbosoye, D. O; Dare, O.A.
    The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of treated rice husk as a replacement for wheat bran on the Carcass characteristics of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. Twenty (20) WAD goats were subjected to five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design with 4 animals per treatment. The treatments were: 0% RH (T1), 25% RH (T2), 50% RH (T3), 75% RH (T4) and 100% RH (T5)in replacement for wheat bran. The animals were fed their respective diets at 5% of their body weight for 90 days. The results showed that T2 and T1 were relatively high in crude protein, low in crude fiber, moderate in crude fat and high in carbohydrate. They equally had the lowest values of ADF, ADL and NDF among the treatments. Live weight, slaughter weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage were all significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the dietary treatments. The values were highest in goat fed T1, followed by those on T2, then T3 and then by those on T4, while the goats fed T5 had the least values for live weight, slaughter weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage, respectively. The carcass yield parameters were observed to decrease as the inclusion level of treated rice husk increases. All the prime cuts were significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the dietary treatments. The relative weight of all the prime cuts decreased as the inclusion level of treated rice husk increases. Among the goats given the treated rice husk, T2 and T3 appeared to have more carcass characteristics. It is concluded that diet with 25% (T2) and 50% (T3) rice husk replacement level gave more carcass characteristics as carcass weight, dressing percentage, organ weight and prime cuts recorded more improvement. Thus, treated rice husk as a replacement for wheat bran at lower inclusion level (up to 50% at 5% body weight) is recommended to give appreciable performance on WAD goat.
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    Invitro Fermentation Performance of West African dwarf (WAD) Goat Fed Rice Husk Treated as Substitute for Wheat Bran
    (2023) Ogunbosoye, D. O; Afolayan, F.O; Dare, O. A
    The research was conducted to evaluate the in-vitro fermentation characteristics of West African Dwarf goat fed rice husk treated as substitute for wheat bran. A 20 growing West Africa Dwarf goats were divided to five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design with 4 animals per replicate while the treatments are: 0% RH (T1), 25% RH (T2), 50% RH (T3), 75% RH (T4) and 100% RH (T5). The animals were fed at a rate of 5% of their body weight. The results showed that T2 and T1 were relatively high in crude protein, low in crude fiber, moderate in crude fat and high in carbohydrate level. Lowest values of ADF, ADL and NDF were observed among the treatments. The gas volume produced under each treatment continues to increase at every three hours. The production of gas was significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the incubation period and that T1 produced more gas while T5 had the least gas production. The methane gas was least in goats fed treatment 4, while diet T5 produced the highest and same methane gas quantities. In conclusion, treated rice husk as a substitute for wheat bran at 25 and 75% inclusion level gave better in-vitro fermentation performance in the WAD goat.