Characteristics of Canary Hair Sheep (Pelibuey) Lamb’s Carcass Fed with Banana (Musa acuminate) By-products

Subject Areas : Camel

S. Ahmed-Salek ¹ , J.R. Jaber ² , V. Navarro ³ , C. Gutiérrez ⁴ , M.R. Ventura ⁵

1 - Department of Animal Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Veterinary, Campus de Arucas 35416, Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
2 - Department of Animal Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Veterinary, Campus de Arucas 35416, Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
3 - Department of Animal Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Veterinary, Campus de Arucas 35416, Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
4 - Department of Animal Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Veterinary, Campus de Arucas 35416, Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
5 - Department of Animal Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Veterinary, Campus de Arucas 35416, Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain

Received: 2020-04-30 Accepted : 2020-07-15 Published : 2021-03-01

Keywords: carcass quality, banana by-product, Canary hair sheep breed, Pelibuey sheep,

Abstract :

The use of alternative feeds for animal nutrition has widely been recommended in the last years. Banana (Musa acuminate) is a predominant culture in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world with an estimated world production of 116 million tons. Banana by-products could be used as alternative feeds for ruminant nutrition. The present study assessed the effects of replacing ryegrass hay with banana by-products on carcass characteristic and composition in Canary hair sheep lambs. The animals (N=22, weighted 14.8±0.5 kg body weight (BW)) were divided into 2 groups receiving a mixture of fresh banana by-products and commercial ryegrass hay, respectively. A commercial concentrate feed was also added to both groups. After a 58-day trial, 14 animals (n=14) were slaughter at weights of 25.0 ± 0.6 kg BW. Carcass weight, dressing weight, composition and tissue weight were not significantly different for both groups, except for the weights of the empty digestive tracts (P=0.001) and livers (P=0.002). The results confirm that banana by-products could be used as alternative forage source for Canary hair sheep lambs raised in subtropical conditions.

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