Item
Assessing the Effects of Velvet Bean (Mucuna Pruriens) Meal on Growth Performance of Weaned Pen Fattened Mashona Goats
- Title
- Assessing the Effects of Velvet Bean (Mucuna Pruriens) Meal on Growth Performance of Weaned Pen Fattened Mashona Goats
- Creator
- Kugedera Andrew Tapiwa
- Maziofa Tsitsi
- Charambira Takudzwa
- Sakadzo Nyasha
- Abstract
-
A quantitative research was conducted where 48 goats were used in the experiment. Goats were fed on raw velvet bean meal, roasted velvet bean meal, 20%, 60% and 100% per diet. A completely randomized design (CRD) was used. The Mashona goats used were of the same age and they were from the same flock which made the initial weights to be almost the same. Four treatments were used each with three replications and each replication had four goats. Final weight for goats from all treatments were significantly different (p <0.001). Feed intake for goats fed diet containing 60% roasted velvet bean was significantly different (p=0.004) from all other treatments. Feed conversion ratio was highest from goats fed 100% raw velvet beans followed by those fed 20%, 100% and 60% roasted velvet bean meal respectively. The highest average weekly weight gains for the feeding experiment were 0.96 kg for raw VBM and 1.01kg for 20% meal, 1.03kg for 60% and1.04kg for 100% of roasted VBM. Weekly body weight gain were highest from goats fed with 100 % VBM. High feed intake was realized from goats fed with 20% roasted velvet bean meal whilst low value was from goats fed with 60 % roasted velvet bean meal. Goats fed with 0%, 20% and 100% roasted velvet bean meal were not significantly different (p>0.05). Goats fed with 100% roasted VBM had the highest daily weight gain of 0.136kg/d whilst control (goats fed raw VBM) recorded the lowest (0.130kg/d). Final weight was highest from goats fed with 100% VBM which recorded an average of 15.01 kg followed by goats fed with 20% VBM recording 14.94 kg on average. Goat farmers are recommended to use 60% VBM roasted to pen fatten goats to increase farm profitability.
Keywords
Assessing; Mucuna pruriens; Goat performance; Pen fattened
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- JOJ Wldlife and Biodiversity
- identifier
- DOI: 10.19080/JOJWB.2021.04.5555629
- volume
- 4
- issue
- 1