Adapted Local Feed Supplement for African Dwarf Sheep in the Rainy Season

Faustin Dokui; Frederic M Houndonougbo; Severin Babatoundé; Abdoul Anzize A Mouteïrou; Christophe AAM Chrysostome

doi:10.14334/jitv.v30i1.3298

Adapted Local Feed Supplement for African Dwarf Sheep in the Rainy Season

Faustin Dokui, Frederic M Houndonougbo, Severin Babatoundé, Abdoul Anzize A Mouteïrou, Christophe AAM Chrysostome

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14334/jitv.v30i1.3298

Abstract

This study aimed to manufacture and identify the best feed supplements for African dwarf sheep during the rainy season. Two feed supplements (multi-nutritional lick stone and concentrate feed) were made based on local feedstuffs. Four different dietary treatments were set for four groups; each group contained 6 sheep but in individual pens. The first group was not supplemented, the second was supplemented with concentrate feed, the third was supplemented with both concentrate feed and lick stone, and the last was supplemented with lick stone alone. The animals were in a natural pasture for 5.30 hours each day. The experiment was carried out over an 84-day period. The feed intake was registered daily, and the body weight was measured biweekly. Feed intake, feed conversion ratio, average daily gain, feed cost, and economical feed efficiency were calculated. The sheep ate more significant amounts of concentrate feed than of the lick stone. The growth performance of the sheep supplemented with the concentrate (5.51 kg) was better than that of the non-supplemented sheep (3.52 kg); those supplemented with lick stone had the best feed conversion ratio and the best economic return (28.49 Unit of money gained for 1 unit invested in the feed). Lick stone based on local feedstuffs is more suitable than concentrate feed for African dwarf sheep during the rainy season. It is of no interest to mix feed concentrate and lick stones together as feed supplements for African dwarf sheep in the rainy season.

Keywords

African Dwarf Sheep; Economic Return; Feed Supplements; Growth Performance; Rainy Season

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