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Volume 30, No. (4), 2020 (August)
EFFECTS OF CONCENTRATED FEEDS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, BLOOD PROFILES AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF DEZHOU DONKEYS
G. Liu1,2#, G. Bou1#, X. Wang1, J. Xing2, H. Qu3, Y. Zhao1, X. Zhang1, S. Su1, J. Dong4, A. Khan4,5* and M. Dugarjaviin1*

1College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Equine Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Equine Research Center, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China

2College of Agronomy, Liaocheng University, Shandong Engineering Technology Research Center for Efficient Breeding and Ecological Feeding of Black Donkey, Shandong Donkey Industry Technology Collaborative Innovation Center, Liaocheng 252059, Shandong Province, China

3National Engineering Research Center for Gelatin-based Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Dong-E County 252201, Shandong Province, China

4Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, East Shengli Street, Weifang 261061, China

5Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Page Number(s): 811-819
Published Online First: April 25, 2020
Publication Date: April 25, 2020
ABSTRACT

The nutritional requirements of donkeys have not been studied well, therefore, donkeys are being fed according to the horse nutritional plans in China. Keeping in mind the importance of the topic, the best concentrate feed was searched among three different levels i.e., 1, 1.25 and 1.5% based on growth performance, blood profiles and carcass characteristics. In this study, 30 male Dezhou donkeys (weight: 147.36±6.32 kg; age:210±10 days) were randomly divided into 3 groups according to daily concentrate intake: 1.00% (Group 1.00), 1.25% (Group 1.25) and 1.50% (Group 1.50) of live weight. Roughage in the form of beanstalk was the only forage for all groups. On the basis of their growth performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics and visceral indexes, we found that Group 1.50 and 1.25 showed higher average body gain, body sides and carcass percentage (P≤0.05) than Group 1.00, the visceral indices and blood parameters showed no difference among 3 groups (P>0.05). Based on all the fundamental measurements, we could draw a conclusion that concentrates at 1.25% of live weight level is the most efficient quantity to feed Dezhou donkeys.

Keywords: Dezhou donkeys; Concentrate level; Carcass percentage; Dressing percentage; Visceral index

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