Performance characteristics and blood profile of West African dwarf goats fed diet containing graded level of malted sorghum sprout mixed with pineapple waste based diet

Abstract

A twelve week trial was investigated to evaluate performance and blood profile of West African dwarf (WAD) goats fed malted sorghum sprout with pineapple waste (MSPW) based diet. The malted sorghum sprout and pineapple waste was at ratio 1:2 (weight/weight) respectively. Sixteen WAD goats with average initial weight of 6 ±1.20 kg were allotted into four dietary  treatments in a Completely Randomized Design. Four diets were formulated to contain 0%, 20%, 40% and 60% of MSPW. Data were collected on growth performance and blood profile. Result revealed that there was no significant (P>0.05) differences on all the growth performance parameters measured. The highest value of average daily weight gain (19.21 g/day) was observed in goats fed 20% MSPW while the lowest value was obtained in goats fed 40% MSPW Goats placed on 20% MSPWhad the best feed conversion ratio  value . (17.15). No significant differences (P>0.05) were observed on all blood profile parameters measured except the albumin and creatinine. The albumin and creatinine values ranged from 2.63-3.52 g/dl and 0.90- 1.50mg/dl  respectively. It can be concluded that WAD goats fed 20% MSPW based diet yielded best results in terms of performance and there was no detrimental effect on their blood profile.

Keywords: Malted Sorghum Sprout, Pineapple, Performance, Serum