SUBSTITUTED DIFFERENT RATIOS OF CRUSHED DATE PITS FOR THE BARLEY WITH OR WITHOUT ADDITION OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CARCASSES OF ARABI LAMBS

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1 Department of Animal Production, Shatrah technical Institute, Southern Technical University.

2 Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah

Abstract

This study was conducted in the Animal Farm of the College of
Agriculture – University of Basrah. A total of 28 Arabi male lambs were used,
with average age of 5 months and mean body weight of 21. 1.33 Kg.
Lambs were distributed equally and randomly into 7 nutrition rations to
conduct growth and fattening of Arabi lambs which lasted for 90 days. The
experimental rations were as follows:
Ration-1- (control) - fed on concentrate ration only by 3% of body weight.
Ration-2- fed on 90% of the control ration and 10% of ground date stones
substituted for the barley.Ration-3- lambs fed on the ration 2 with addition of
3 grams of bakery yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) / Kg of feed. Ration-4-
fed on 80% of the control ration with substitution of 20% of date stones for
barley. Ration-5- lambs fed on the ration 4 with addition of 3 grams of bakery
yeast per Kg of feed. Ration-6- fed on 70% of the control ration and 30% of
date stones. Ration-7- lambs fed on the ration 6 with addition of 3 grams of
bakery yeast per Kg of feed.

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