The use of date blocks for supplementary feeding of growing camels

Alafaliq A., Ben Abdallah A., Almasaud Ali, Faye Bernard. 2015. The use of date blocks for supplementary feeding of growing camels. Veterinariâ, 42 (2), n.spéc. Silk road camel: The camelids, main stake for sustainable development, Résumé : p. 438. 4th Conference of the International Society of Camelid Research and Development/ISOCARD 2015. 4, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 8 June 2015/12 June 2015.

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Abstract : The date production in arid countries like Saudi Arabia includes a part of discarded dates for human consumption. These discarded dates could be used as supplementary feeding for livestock. In trials carried out in a camel farm, date blocks were prepared which composed of 50% dates, 40% wheat bran, 5% urea to increase nitrogen level and 5% cement as binding material. Two groups of 7 camels each 2-3 y old received basal diet composed of alfalfa (2kg/100kg LW) and 1 kg of supplementary feed, i.e. market concentrated for control group and date blocks for treated group. The duration of the trial was 4 months. Blood sampling was done every fortnight for determining urea, glucose, AST and ALT and the growth of camels was monitored by regular weighing at sampling time. Weighing and blood sampling were done in the morning before feed distribution. The intake was 1.94 ± 0.19 and 1.85 ± 0.19 kg/100kg LW in control and treated group respectively, and the mean daily weight gain was 407 and 305g/day, respectively, corresponding to a weight gain of 0.43 kg in control group vs 0.32 kg in treated group, i.e. a consumption index of 2.33 and 3.11 kg concentrates/kg weight gain, respectively. There was no significant difference in the blood parameters. In conclusion, date blocks could be safely used for supplementary feeding of young camels as partial substitution for the regular feed. (Résumé d'auteur)

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Chameau, Datte, Déchet agricole, Aliment pour animaux, Expérimentation, Croissance, Gain de poids, Composition du sang, Urée, Biochimie, Nutrition animale, Medicago sativa, Complément alimentaire pour animaux

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Arabie Saoudite

Classification Agris : L02 - Animal feeding
Q70 - Processing of agricultural wastes
L51 - Animal physiology - Nutrition
L52 - Animal physiology - Growth and development
L50 - Animal physiology and biochemistry

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

Auteurs et affiliations

• Alafaliq A., Date palm Research Center (SAU)
• Ben Abdallah A., Date palm Research Center (SAU)
• Almasaud Ali, Camel Project (SAU)
• Faye Bernard, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (SAU)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/577435/)

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