Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Andrei-Cristian MATEI, Nicolae BĂDILAȘ, Mădălina-Alexandra DAVIDESCU, Ioana POROSNICU, Bianca Maria MĂDESCU
The study's objectives are based on the monitoring of ruminal pH and average daily gain (ADG) in Karakul of Botoşani lambs, following the addition of apple vinegar to ration. The study was conducted on a group of 90 weaned lambs. The ration consisted 30% chopped natural hay and 70% feed concentrated. The lambs were divided into 3 equal batches: control group (G1), experimental group (G2) at which ration was supplemented with 8 ml of apple vinegar/day/animal and experimental group (G3) was supplemented with 12 ml of apple vinegar/day/animal. As a result of study, was observed differences between the control group and the experimental groups. Thus at the batch G1 there was a daily average increase of 260 g, at the batch G2 290 g and at G3 310 g. Control group (G1) showed an average ruminal pH of 5,4 and experimental groups (G2 , G3) an average of 5,9. There are differences between the groups studied through variations of ruminal pH and ADG denoting that apple vinegar may have a potential influence.
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