Effect of dietary supplemental yucca schidigera powder on fattening performance of male lambs

Abstract

To determine the effect of Yucca schidigera powder on fattening performance of growing male lambs in two consecutive experiments, 30 lambs (Assaf, in the first experiment, lie de France x Awassi crossbred in the second experiment), weaned at 70-80 days, were equally divided in two groups with three replicates each. Lambs in both the groups were fed isocaloric and isonitrogenic diets and, the diet in treatment group was supplemented with 150ppm Yucca schidigera. The diets had 90% concentrate and 10% alfalfa, straw, containing 2.45 μcal ME/kg and 160g CP/kg. There was no significant (P>0.05) effect of Yucca schidigera powder on fattening performance of lambs under our feeding regime with a diet containing high level (90%) of concentrate. © GSP, India.