Effect of supplements of sugar cane and foliage of Gliricidia sepium on feed intake and growth performance of local goats fed foliage of Tithonia diversifolia as basal diet

Sitone kongvongxay,  T R Preston* and Vanthong Pheangvichit**

Livestock Research Center, Nam Xuang, Vientiane, Lao PDR
sitonek@yahoo.com
*Finca Ecológica, TOSOLY, UTA (Colombia)
AA #48, Socorro, Santander, Colombia
**NAFRI, Lao PDR

Abstract

A growth trial over 128 days was conducted with 20 local goats of 7 to 12 kg live weight to determine effects on growth performance of supplementing a basal diet of foliage of Tithonia diversifolia with chopped sugar cane and foliage of Gliricidia sepium.  The design was a 2*2 factorial with 5 replications.

DM intake and live weight gain were increased and DM feed conversion was improved, by supplementation with Gliricidia foliage (Figures 1, 3 and 5). Supplementation with sugar cane improved feed intake, live weight gain and feed conversion when the basal diet was only Tithonia, but had no effect when the goats were fed Tithomia supplemented with Gliricidia (Figures 2, 4 and 6).

Figure 1. Effect of Gliricidia foliage on DM intake of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with chopped sugar cane	Figure 2. Effect of chopped sugar cane on DM intake of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with with Gliricidia foliage
Figure 3. Effect of Gliricidia foliage on live weight gain of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with chopped sugar cane	Figure 4. Effect of chopped sugar cane on  live weight gain of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with with Gliricidia foliage
Figure 5. Effect of  Gliricidia foliage on DM conversion of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with chopped sugar cane	Figure 6. Effect of chopped sugar cane on  DM conversion of goats fed Tithonia foliage supplemented  or not with with Gliricidia fo

Key words: Anti-nutritional compounds,