Manipulation of Rumen Fermentation and Microbial Diversity for Live-Weight Gains of Sheep as Influenced by Ginger Powder and Lime Peel

M. I. Okoruwa and E. O. Aidelomon
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M. I. Okoruwa: Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria
E. O. Aidelomon: Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria

European Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, 2020, vol. 1, issue 5

Abstract: The study was conducted to determine the influence of ginger powder and lime peel on manipulation of rumen function for live-weight gains of sheep. Twenty four West African dwarf sheep of about 8 – 9 months old with average weight of 7.00 ± 0.95kg were randomly assigned to four treatment diets in a completely randomized design. The prepared diets contained; ED1 (0% ginger powder and 0% lime peel powder that served as control group), ED2 (0% ginger powder and 3% lime peel), ED3 (1.5% ginger powder and 1.5% lime peel) and ED4 (3% ginger powder and 0% lime peel). In all the diets examined, ED1 showed higher significant (p 0.05) difference in Fibrobacter succinogens, iso-butyrate, valerate, iso-valerate and initial weight among diets. It can be concluded that using 1.5% ginger powder and 1.5% lime peel in the diets enhanced rumen fermentation and ecology for growth performance of sheep.

Keywords: growth; phytogenic-plants; rumen-function; sheep (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejbio.2020.1.5.98

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