Cassava Leaf Silage and Cassava Peel As Dry Season Feed for West African Dwarf Sheep

Dr. Anaeto

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Dr. Anaeto

cassava leaf silage, growth performance, haematology, WAD sheep, Haematology

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The study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of feeding cassava leaf silage (CLS) and cassava peels (CP) on performance characteristics and some haematological parameters of West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep. Nine sheep were randomly allotted into three treatments, with three sheep per treatment. The control diet (T1) consisted of grass, while sheep in (T2) and (T3) were fed with CLS and CP at 1.5% of their body weight, respectively for a period of seven weeks. The average daily weight gain, body length, withers height and heart girth were measured at weekly intervals. In addition, blood samples were collected at the beginning and end of the experiment and analyzed for PCV, WBC, Lymphocyte and Neutrophil count. Statistical analysis showed that animals fed with CP had a significant weight gain (P

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Cassava Leaf Silage and Cassava Peel As Dry Season Feed for West African Dwarf Sheep. (2013). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 13(10), 1-4. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/103153

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