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Effect of management practices on milk yield and live weight changes of indigenous breeds of goats supplemented with groundnut haulms and concentrate in sub humid zone of Nigeria

H Makun, SM Otaru & D Dung.




Abstract

These studies were carried out at the Research farm of National Animal Production Research Institute, Shika to investigate the effect of management practices on the milk yield and live weight changes of grazing Red Sokoto and Sahelian goats as influenced by supplementation with groundnut haulms and concentrate. Experiment 1 involved 5 Red Sokoto goats with average weight of 27.3 ± 1.37Kg kept either on-farm or on-station and fed groundnut haulms or concentrate. The result showed that management had significant effect on average daily gain (ADG) of kid at 146.7± 0.62g (P

Key words: On-farm, On-station, Performance, Red Sokoto, Sahelian.






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