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Performance of growing indigenous goats fed diets based on urban market crop wastes

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The effect of feeding diets including market crop wastes (sweet potato vines (Ipomoea batatas) and scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)) on growth and digestibility was studied using 32 indigenous intact growing male goats. Adding elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), maize bran and Leucaena leucocephala leaves, four isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets (Sweet potato vines, Solanum, Mixed and Control) were formulated. After the growth trial, 12 goats were randomly selected for a digestibility trial with the same diets, and 8 goats for a feed preference test comparing the market wastes and elephant grass. Crude protein (CP) intake was highest (P < 0.05) for the Control (48 g/day) and lowest for the Sweet potato vines diet (23 g/day). Average daily gain was between 11.0 and 14.2 g/day, and similar between diets. The DM and CP digestibilities of the diets were 0.56 and 0.56 (Control), 0.62 and 0.56 (Mixed), 0.59 and 0.49 (Sweet potato vines), and 0.54 and 0.45 (Solanum), respectively. Faecal and urinary N excretions were highest in goats fed the Sweet potato vines and Solanum diets. Eggplant wastes were the least (P < 0.05) preferred. On average the goats spent 5% of their 8-hour time eating eggplant wastes, 34% on sweet potato vines and 36% on elephant grass. Growth performance and N retention were low due to the low intake of feed, especially eggplant wastes.

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Abbreviations

ADF:

acid detergent fibre

ADG:

average daily gain

ADL:

acid detergent lignin

BW:

body weight

CP:

crude protein

DCP:

digestible crude protein

DM:

dry matter

DMI:

dry matter intake

FCR:

feed conversion ratio

ME:

metabolisable energy

N:

nitrogen

NDF:

neutral detergent fibre

P:

probability

SD:

standard deviation

SE:

standard error of means

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Swedish International Development Agency/Department for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Sida/SAREC) for funding this study.

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

    C. B. Katongole & F. B. Bareeba

  2. Department of Crop Science, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

    E. N. Sabiiti

  3. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7024, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    I. Ledin

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Katongole, C.B., Sabiiti, E.N., Bareeba, F.B. et al. Performance of growing indigenous goats fed diets based on urban market crop wastes. Trop Anim Health Prod 41, 329–336 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-008-9193-7

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