Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata

The study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding diets containing Andrographis paniculata leaves (APL), whole Andrographis paniculata plant (APWP) and a control without Andrographis paniculata (AP0), on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of 24 intact Boer bucks. The...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, Aisha Laraba, Goh, Yong Meng, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi, Alimon, Abdul Razak, Sazili, Awis Qurni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37811/
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author Yusuf, Aisha Laraba
Goh, Yong Meng
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sazili, Awis Qurni
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Goh, Yong Meng
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sazili, Awis Qurni
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description The study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding diets containing Andrographis paniculata leaves (APL), whole Andrographis paniculata plant (APWP) and a control without Andrographis paniculata (AP0), on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of 24 intact Boer bucks. The results obtained indicated that inclusion of Andrographis paniculata significantly improved feed intake, weight gain, feed efficiency and live weight. The ratios of carcass to fat, lean to bone, lean to fat, and composition of meat were also improved. In addition, there were significant differences (p<0.05) between the dietary treatments in dressing percentage and chilling loss. Goats fed on AP0 (control) had significantly higher proportions of fat and bone, as well as thicker back fat than the supplemented animals (APL and APWP). Higher gut fill in animals fed Andrographis paniculata suggested slow rate of digestion, which could have improved utilization and absorption of nutrients by the animals. Goats fed Andrographis paniculata also produced higher meat yield and relatively lower fat contents (p<0.05).
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spelling upm-378112019-11-27T04:49:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37811/ Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata Yusuf, Aisha Laraba Goh, Yong Meng Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi Alimon, Abdul Razak Sazili, Awis Qurni The study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding diets containing Andrographis paniculata leaves (APL), whole Andrographis paniculata plant (APWP) and a control without Andrographis paniculata (AP0), on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of 24 intact Boer bucks. The results obtained indicated that inclusion of Andrographis paniculata significantly improved feed intake, weight gain, feed efficiency and live weight. The ratios of carcass to fat, lean to bone, lean to fat, and composition of meat were also improved. In addition, there were significant differences (p<0.05) between the dietary treatments in dressing percentage and chilling loss. Goats fed on AP0 (control) had significantly higher proportions of fat and bone, as well as thicker back fat than the supplemented animals (APL and APWP). Higher gut fill in animals fed Andrographis paniculata suggested slow rate of digestion, which could have improved utilization and absorption of nutrients by the animals. Goats fed Andrographis paniculata also produced higher meat yield and relatively lower fat contents (p<0.05). Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37811/1/Growth%20performance%20carcass%20characteristics%20and%20meat%20yield%20of%20Boer%20goats%20fed%20diets%20containing%20leaves%20and%20whole%20parts%20of%20Andrographis%20paniculata.pdf Yusuf, Aisha Laraba and Goh, Yong Meng and Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi and Alimon, Abdul Razak and Sazili, Awis Qurni (2014) Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 27 (4). pp. 503-510. ISSN 1011-2367; ESSN: 1976-5517 http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/JournalIssueList.jsp?kojic=E1DMBP&volno=27&issno=4&cnov_no=&year_GB=2014&vn_cd=v27n4 10.5713/ajas.2013.13533
spellingShingle Yusuf, Aisha Laraba
Goh, Yong Meng
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sazili, Awis Qurni
Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title_full Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title_fullStr Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title_full_unstemmed Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title_short Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of Andrographis paniculata
title_sort growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of boer goats fed diets containing leaves and whole parts of andrographis paniculata
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