PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN UDA SHEEP FED ENSILED UREA-MOLASSES TREATED SOYBEAN HAULMS IN CONCENTRATE DIETS
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https://doi.org/10.33003/jaat.2025.1104.15Keywords:
Soybean haulms,, Urea,, Molasses,, Ensiling,, Sheep,, PhysiologyAbstract
The development of new feedstuffs for ruminant nutrition should consider feed resources that will not affect the physiology of the animals. This study was therefore designed to investigate the physiological changes in sheep that were fed varying levels of ensiled urea-molasses treated soybean haulms. The soybean haulms were treated with a solution of urea and molasses (4:1 v/v), ensiled at 70% moisture, thereafter dried and used as test ingredient to formulate experimental diets at 0, 30, 40 and 50% and designated as D1, D2, D3 and D4. A total of 20 rams weighing 12.60 ± 0.20 kg used in the experiment were divided into four groups of five animals each and assigned to one of the experimental diets in a completely randomized design (CRD). The feeding trial lasted for 84 days and data on blood parameters was subjected to one-way analysis of variance using SPSS (version 23). Result indicate that PCV, Hb, MCV and MCH increased significantly (p<0.05) in rams fed D2 and D3, while WBC reduced (p<0.05) progressively across D1 to D4. Feeding of D4 to sheep resulted in a reduction (p<0.05) in ALT and serum chloride while there were irregular difference (p<0.05) in triglyceride, iron and glutathione peroxidase with inclusion of processed soybean haulms. In conclusion, feeding D1 to D4 improved haematological parameters and did not adversely affect the physiology of the sheep. Therefore, soybean haulms treated with urea and molasses and ensiled can be included in the diet up to 50%.
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