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The effect of different levels of alfalfa substitution with dry mash forage on the performance of fattening male lambs of Kurdish breed

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1 1. Master's degree in Animal Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 2. Department of Agriculture, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Agriculture, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim was to investigate the effect of different levels of alfalfa substitution with dry-fed forage on fattening performance, blood parameters, apparent digestibility, and economic evaluation of experimental rations for male Kurdish lambs. an experiment was conducted on 30 lambs with an average body weight of 41.1 ± 7.4 kg in the form of a completely randomized design with three treatments and 10 replications in 30 individual places and during a fattening period of 80 days. The experimental treatments included the diet without fodder (control), containing 15% and 30% of fodder. Daily feed intake, growth performance, food conversion ratio, some blood parameters and economic efficiency of the rations were measured. The lowest amount of dry matter consumption and food conversion ratio was related to the diet containing 30% fodder vetch. Based on the blood analysis of the lambs after 2 hours of feeding, the highest amount of glucose, triglyceride and blood urea nitrogen was found in the lambs consuming diets containing 15% and 30% fodder vetch. Also, the results showed that the highest digestibility of DM, organic matter, crude protein, crude fat, ADF and NDF was related to the control diet and the lowest was for the diet containing 30% fodder vetch. Regarding the economic evaluation of the rations, the highest price per kilogram of feed was calculated for the control ration and the highest gross profit per kilogram of live weight was calculated for the ration containing 30% fodder vetch.

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Research Journal of Livestock Science
Volume 38, Issue 146
June 2025
Pages 111-124
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