EFFECT OF BAGASSE PORTION IN DIET ON BODY COMPOSITION OF GOAT
Abstract: The study was aimed
to predict body composition of local goats fed bagasse based total mixedration
(TMR). Fifteen male local goats (18 months old with average body weight of 18
kg ) were used inthis study. Goats were divided randomly into 3 groups, and were
fed TMR’s those contained 15, 25, and35% of sugarcane bagasse, respectively.
All experimental diets were designed to be isoenergy andisoprotein. After 12
weeks of adaptation to experimental diets and environment, each group
wassubjected to feed digestibility trial, body composition, and experiment of
feeding effect on serumglucose. The data were analyzed using one way analyses
of variance. The results showed that the bodycomposition and serum glucose
concentration were not significantly different (P>0.05) amongtreatments. The
bagasse portion in the TMR upto 25% lowered daily feed consumption and body
weightgain (P<0.05). It was concluded that the use of sugarcane bagasse up
to 35% in the TMR did not affectbody composition of goats.
Author: I.Z. Baiti, L.K.
Nuswantara, E. Pangestu, F. Wahyono, J. Achmadi
Journal Code: jppeternakangg130044
