Ipil-ipil (Leucaena Leucocephala) in rations for fattening goats : terminal report
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1987
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The scarcity of forage during the dry months and developments of pasture areas into residential sites pose as a big problem to Filipino goat raisers particularly in the urban areas. In order to alleviate the situation, experiments on raising goats in total confinement was undertaken to determine its effect on the growth rate of goat fatteners. One hundred twenty (120) castrated goats were utilized in a study conducted in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila and in Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Iwahig, Palawan. The sixty (60) goats allotted/in each experimental site were randomly picked and grouped into six, where each group was identified as a treatment. Identical procedure/methodology was adopted in Alabang and in Palawan experimental goats. Different feeding managements however, were employed in each treatment group. Grass, banana leaves and stalks, and cassava leaves were fed to the goats, where five treatments were raised in total confinement and one treatment was allowed to graze at day time. Supplementary feeding of concentrates containing varying levels of dried ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala) 20% and 40% were given the animals in the evening. Two times weig~ing and body measurements of the experimental goats were undertaken every month during the entire feeding trial. Likewise, the feed intakes of the confined animals were recorded as well as the proximate chemical analysis of feeds. Upon evaluation of data gathered at Alabang, it appeared that incorporating 40% dried ipil-ipil leaves,to the concentrate feeds will cause the goats to attain higher average daily gain in weight as well as an increase in body measurement. It was observed also that average lean-bone ratio was highest in the group fed with concentrates containing 40% dried ipil-ipil leaves. Cost benefit analysis indicated that the cost of production is much lower in that group as compared to the other treatment groups, both in Alabang and in Palawan.
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GOATS, FEED, COMPARISON, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, PHILIPPINES--ALABANG, PHILIPPINES--PALAWAN