Molecular Nutrition

Effects of Different Types of Fibrous Feeds on Performance of Sichuan White Gees

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  • (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

Online published: 2010-06-20

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of different types of fibrous feeds on the growth and slaughter performance of Sichuan white geese. A total of 160 geese were randomly assigned to four treatments by sex (four replicates per treatment with ten geese per replicate). Four dietary treatments as control feed including 20% groundnut stem meal (C), control feed plus 10% alfalfa meal (T1), control feed plus 20% alfalfa meal (T2), and control feed plus 30% alfalfa meal (T3) were fed to the geese. The results showed as follows: 1) compared with the control group, the addition of 10% alfalfa meal significantly increased average daily gain of geese (P<0.05), and markedly decreased feed/gain ratio (P<0.05). 2) The addition of 10% and 20% alfalfa meal significantly increased dressing percentage, eviscerated ratio, semi-eviscerated ratio, breast muscle rate and leg muscle rate of geese (P<0.05), and markedly decreased abdominal fat rate (P<0.05), compared with the control group. These findings suggest that compared with the control, the addition of 10% alfalfa meal can improve the performance of Sichuan white geese.[Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2010,22(6):1752-1756]

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SHI Yinghua,WANG Chengzhang*,YAO Huixia,CHENG Mingliang,WANG Xianke . Effects of Different Types of Fibrous Feeds on Performance of Sichuan White Gees[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2010 , 22(06) : 1752 -1756 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2010.06.041

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