Inclusion of different levels of Ricinus communis L leaf blade meal in whole diets for sheep

Article Sidebar

PDF HTML EPUB XML
Published: Dec 1, 2020

Main Article Content

J. Zamora
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad de Colima, km. 40, Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Crucero de Tecomán, Tecomán, Colima. C.P. 28100
A. del Viento
Centro Universitario de Investigación y Desarrollo Agropecuario (CUIDA) y FCBA. Universidad de Colima. Gonzalo de Sandoval, Número 444 Col, Las Víboras, Colima, México. C.P. 28045
L. Barrientos
Departamento de Madera, Celulosa y Papel. CUCEI. Universidad de Guadalajara
J. M. Palma
Centro Universitario de Investigación y Desarrollo Agropecuario (CUIDA) y FCBA. Universidad de Colima. Gonzalo de Sandoval, Número 444 Col, Las Víboras, Colima, México. C.P. 28045

Abstract

To evaluate different inclusion levels (0, 15, 30 and 45 %) of Ricinus communis leaf blade (LHRc) in whole sheep diets, four animals, with an initial weight of 27.37 ± 1.70 kg were housed in individual cages. Periods of 20 days were used. The first 15 days were used for diet adaptation, and the last five for measurement. A 4 x 4 Latin square design was applied, with Tukey test (P <0.05) for the multiple analysis of means, plus the linear regression analysis. Variables total food intake (TFI/kg DM), leaf intake (g DM Ricinus communis/kg LW), daily weight gain (DWG/kg),
food efficiency (FE/kg) and registration of poisoning signs, were studied. There was a statistical difference (P <0.05) in all variables. The best results were for 0% of Ricinus communis leaf blade (total feed intake 1,332 kg DM/day, daily weight gain 0.315 kg/day and food efficiency 0.254 kg), with respect to 45 % of LHRc (total food intake 0.881 kg DM/day, 12.2 g DM of Ricinus communis/ kg LW, daily weight gain 0.090 kg/day and food efficiency 0.096 kg). There was presence of diarrhea in this treatment, without compromising the life of animals. The rest of treatments shared statistical similarity. The inclusion of Ricinus communis leaf blade meal had a negative influence on dry matter intake of sheep, with a remarkable reduction in the 45% level, where there was also the presence of diarrhea, without causing deaths.
Key words: forage, arboreal, tropic, sheep

Article Details

How to Cite
Zamora, J., del Viento, A., Barrientos, L., & Palma, J. M. (2020). Inclusion of different levels of Ricinus communis L leaf blade meal in whole diets for sheep. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science, 54(4). Retrieved from https://cjascience.com/index.php/CJAS/article/view/992
Issue
Vol. 54 No. 4 (2020): Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science
Section
Animal Science

Those authors that have publications with this journal accept the following terms:

1. They will retain their copyright and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) that allows third parties to share the work whenever its author is indicated and its first publication this journal. Under this license the author will be free of:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
  • The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

2. The authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements to distribute the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematics file or publish it in a monographic volume) whenever the initial publication is indicated in this journal.

3. The authors are allowed and recommended disseminating their work through the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematics archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase the citations of the published work. (See the Effect of open access).