Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems (Jul 2011)

EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS ENZYMES ON NUTRIENTS DIGESTIBILITY AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN SHEEP AND GOATS

  • Abdel-Fattah Z.M. Salem,
  • Mounir El-Adawy,
  • Hany Gado,
  • Luis Miguel Camacho,
  • Manuel Ronquillo,
  • Haidy Alsersy,
  • Borhami E. Borhami

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3

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Six crossbred sheep (32.00±0.603 kg BW) and 6 Baladi goats (18.00±0.703 kg BW) were used in 2×2 factorial design to evaluate the effect of exogenous enzymes of ZADO® (i.e., ENZ) and on digestibility and growth performance. Animals were fed on wheat straw ad libitum and restricted amount of commercial concentrate with (+ENZ) or without (-ENZ) 10 g/animal/day of ZADO to cover 120% of their maintenance requirements. Nutrients digestibilities were increased (P

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