O. A. ELKHIDIR, A. 1Vl.KHALAFALL.4H, Y. R. SULIE.HAN,’F. I. MURGOS.AND SHADIYA, A. OMER.

Central Animal Produc/ion Research Station, Kultu, P. O. Bax 89,Industrial Area, Khartoum North, Sudan.

SUMMARY

Two groups ofsix and seven Kenana bull calves were fattened on a treatment diet (A ) ot’80 ‘X, cotton seed meal ( CSM) and unconventional diet (B ) of8O% concentrate mixture, respectively, from an average 68 kg initial live- weight to 152.9 t 1.0 kg slaughter weight. A brtter t”e:d lot performance was observed for calves fed the concentrate mixture diet. No significant differences were found between the two groups in structural tissue components of the carcass. It has been concluded that the traditional use of CSM for t’att<n‘ng cattle in the Sudan should be discouraged and incorporation of this feed should be minimized levels required to maintain the desired protein content in the diets.

Read Full Text

Download As : PDF