Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and profitability of local Malawi goats under pen fattening conditions
| cg.authorship.types | Not CGIAR developing country institute | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Maize | |
| cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en |
| cg.coverage.country | Malawi | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | MW | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
| cg.howPublished | Grey Literature | en |
| cg.place | Ibadan, Nigeria | en |
| cg.subject.iita | FARMING SYSTEMS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | ANIMAL FEEDING | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | ANIMAL PRODUCTION | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | GOATS | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | SMALL RUMINANTS | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Chilanga, F. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-08T17:17:48Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-08T17:17:48Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108418 | |
| dc.title | Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and profitability of local Malawi goats under pen fattening conditions | en |
| dcterms.abstract | A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding different fattening diets based on locally available non-conventional feed resources on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and profitability of local Malawi goats fattened under pen feeding. Fifty uncastrated local Malawi goat weaners (5 – 6 months old) with initial body weight of 11.55 ± 2.04kg were divided into five groups of 10 animals each and randomly allocated to five treatment categories as follows: S = 60% Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) hay + 40% soya bean (Glycine max)-based concentrate; SA = 60% Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) hay + 40% soya bean (Glycine max) and white thorn tree (Acacia polyacantha) leaf meal-based concentrate; B= 60% Rhodes grass hay (Chloris gayana) + 40% baobab (Adansonia digitata) seedcake-based concentrate; BA= 60% Rhodes grass hay (Chloris gayana) + 40% baobab (Adansonia digitata) seedcake and white thorn tree (Acacia polyacantha) leaf meal-based concentrate; and C = grazing only. Animals in S, SA, B and BA were under pen feeding with total confinement for the entire 84 days trial period while those in C were under extensive management. At the end of the feeding trial, goats were slaughtered for evaluation of carcass and meat quality. Pen fed goats on baobab only-based diet had significantly higher daily gains, final weights and total weight gain, and better feed conversion ratio than the rest of the treatments (P < 0.05). Grazing goats had the least daily gains, carcass weight, final weight and total weight gain. Lightness (L*) and yellowness (b*) of the meat was higher in goats under baobab-based pen feeding diets as compared to all other diets. Goat meat from the control diet was darker than that from the rest of diets (lowest L*). Estimated gross margins were high in grazing animals followed by baobab only-based pen feeding diet. However, baobab only-based pen feeding diet had the highest estimated net profit. Current findings indicate that pen feeding of local Malawi goats based on locally available non-conventional feed resources like baobab seedcake improves growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and profit. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
| dcterms.audience | Academics | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Chilanga, F. 2020. Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and profitability of local Malawi goats under pen fattening conditions. MSc thesis in Animal Science. Lilongwe: Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2020-03-15 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | en |
| dcterms.subject | animal feeding | en |
| dcterms.subject | feed resources | en |
| dcterms.subject | supplementary feeding | en |
| dcterms.subject | goats | en |
| dcterms.type | Thesis |