Vol. 10, Issue 3, Part C (2025)

Author(s): SK Thorat, SM Bhalerao, AV Khanvilkar, TC Shende, AK Barate, SA Chauhan, VA Borse and AB Rathod

Abstract: Twenty-four growing lambs with uniform body weight and similar sex ratio were selected for ninety days experimental study. The selected lambs were randomly divided into four experimental groups viz., T₀, T₁, T₂ and T₃ with six lambs in each. The lambs were stall fed with dry and green fodder with concentrate mixture as per (ICAR, 2013). The experimental lambs under control group T₀ were offered concentrate mixture containing common ingredients. The lambs were fed with concentrate mixture with inclusion of 5%, 10% and 15% DDGS in experimental groups T₁, T₂, and T₃, respectively. During the trial period, observations pertaining to the body weight, ADG and feed intake were recorded for all the groups. The digestibility trial was conducted with total collection method during last seven days of the experiment. The observations were analyzed as per Snedecor and Cochran (1994) and the obtained data revealed that, the inclusion of DDGS in concentrate mixture is beneficial without any adverse effect on performance parameters of growing lambs.