@article{10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14,
  author = {Berhanu Tassew and Adugna Tolera and Mengistu Urge},
  title = {Effect of Different Varieties of Vetch Hay Supplementation on Carcass Characteristics of Sheep Fed a Basal Diet of Fodder Oat Hay},
  journal = {American Journal of Life Sciences},
  volume = {10},
  number = {4},
  pages = {78-87},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ajls.20221004.14},
  abstract = {Three vetch varieties; Gebisa, Lalisa and Abdeta were released from Sinana Agricultural Research Center for their superiority in terms of yield or biomass production, disease resistance, wider adaptation and quality based on chemical analysis. However, the effect of feeding these forages on carcass characteristics of sheep was not evaluated. Therefore, the experiment was conducted using thirty five yearling intact male Arsi-Bale sheep with initial body weight of 21.4±0.6 Kg (Mean± SD) with the objectives of investigating the varietal differences of vetch hay on carcass characteristics of Arsi-Bale sheep and to evaluate the potentials of fodder oat and vetch hay based feeding for sheep fattening. The sheep were blocked into seven blocks of five animals based on their initial body weight and animals within each block were randomly assigned to one of the five treatment diets. The treatment diets were; ad libitum fodder oat hay alone (T1) and ad libitum fodder oat hay supplemented with 350g DM hay of four vetch varieties, namely; Gebisa, Lalisa, Abdeta and Vicia sativa for T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. After the 21 days of quarantine period and 15 days of acclimatization to the experimental diets and pens the sheep were fed their respective treatments for 90 days. At the endof90 days feed was withheld from all the sheep over night, they were weighed the next morning, and the weight was recorded as slaughter body weight (SBW). Once the slaughter body weight was taken the sheep were slaughtered immediately for carcass evaluation. Slaughter body weight (SBW), hot carcass weight (HCW), chilled carcass weight (CCW), empty body weight (EBW) and rib eye muscle area (REMA) were significantly highest (P  0.05) among treatments, while proportion of bone (18.5-21.0%) was significantly higher (P < 0.01) for T1 as compared to T2, T3 and T4. The amount of muscle was significantly highest (P < 0.001) for T1. In conclusion, supplementation of Gebisa vetch variety (T2) induced highest carcass parameters of sheep than all other treatments and is therefore, recommended. Moreover, based on the results of the current study it was concluded that fodder oat and vetch hay based feeding is explicitly high potential feeding strategy and effort should be made to introduce and scale up the production of these forages in the farming system.},
 year = {2022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of Different Varieties of Vetch Hay Supplementation on Carcass Characteristics of Sheep Fed a Basal Diet of Fodder Oat Hay
AU  - Berhanu Tassew
AU  - Adugna Tolera
AU  - Mengistu Urge
Y1  - 2022/07/22
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14
DO  - 10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14
T2  - American Journal of Life Sciences
JF  - American Journal of Life Sciences
JO  - American Journal of Life Sciences
SP  - 78
EP  - 87
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-5737
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajls.20221004.14
AB  - Three vetch varieties; Gebisa, Lalisa and Abdeta were released from Sinana Agricultural Research Center for their superiority in terms of yield or biomass production, disease resistance, wider adaptation and quality based on chemical analysis. However, the effect of feeding these forages on carcass characteristics of sheep was not evaluated. Therefore, the experiment was conducted using thirty five yearling intact male Arsi-Bale sheep with initial body weight of 21.4±0.6 Kg (Mean± SD) with the objectives of investigating the varietal differences of vetch hay on carcass characteristics of Arsi-Bale sheep and to evaluate the potentials of fodder oat and vetch hay based feeding for sheep fattening. The sheep were blocked into seven blocks of five animals based on their initial body weight and animals within each block were randomly assigned to one of the five treatment diets. The treatment diets were; ad libitum fodder oat hay alone (T1) and ad libitum fodder oat hay supplemented with 350g DM hay of four vetch varieties, namely; Gebisa, Lalisa, Abdeta and Vicia sativa for T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. After the 21 days of quarantine period and 15 days of acclimatization to the experimental diets and pens the sheep were fed their respective treatments for 90 days. At the endof90 days feed was withheld from all the sheep over night, they were weighed the next morning, and the weight was recorded as slaughter body weight (SBW). Once the slaughter body weight was taken the sheep were slaughtered immediately for carcass evaluation. Slaughter body weight (SBW), hot carcass weight (HCW), chilled carcass weight (CCW), empty body weight (EBW) and rib eye muscle area (REMA) were significantly highest (P  0.05) among treatments, while proportion of bone (18.5-21.0%) was significantly higher (P < 0.01) for T1 as compared to T2, T3 and T4. The amount of muscle was significantly highest (P < 0.001) for T1. In conclusion, supplementation of Gebisa vetch variety (T2) induced highest carcass parameters of sheep than all other treatments and is therefore, recommended. Moreover, based on the results of the current study it was concluded that fodder oat and vetch hay based feeding is explicitly high potential feeding strategy and effort should be made to introduce and scale up the production of these forages in the farming system.
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
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