S. A. Abdalla^*, A. H. Sulieman^*, and M. H. Mansour^**.
Sheep Research Station, El Huda, El Managil, Sudan.

SUMMARY

An experiment was conducted with 24 entire Sudanese desert lambs to study the effect of inclusion of Dura (Sorghum vulgare) husk on the performance of fattening lambs. Three rations (A,B and C containing 0, 10 and 30% dura husk, respectively) were used. A constant level of Poultry litter (50%) and groundnut hay (10%) in addition to different levels of wheat bran and dura grains were included, in the rations.

From the results it was found that lambs fed ration B with 10% dura husk had significantly (P<0.01) higher performance in terms of dry matter intake (DMI) and live-weight gain (LWG) compared to those fed 10% wheat bran (ration A). However, the digestibility coefficient of the latter (ration A) was observed to be significantly (P<0.01) higher than that of both rations B and C. Generally, ration C with 30% dura husk had significantly (P<0.01) reduced the performance of the lambs.

The conclusion drawn from the experiment indicated that dura husk can be
substituted for wheat bran at the rate of 10 % in rations of fattening lambs.

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