Performance of confined lambs withwhole grain maize and oats diets supplemented with bacillus amyloliquefaciens
International Journal of Development Research
Performance of confined lambs withwhole grain maize and oats diets supplemented with bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Received 25th January, 2021 Received in revised form 06th January, 2021 Accepted 21st February, 2021 Published online 29th March, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Sene R Alexsander; Sandini E Itacir; Falbo K Margarete and Almeida C Karine. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on the feed of confined lambs over performance, hematological, biochemical and ruminal health parameters. In order to perform the investigation, 24 females of the Texel x Ile de France breeds, aged 150-210 days, weaned, weighing 20.56 ± 5 kg, were randomly divided into two groups: Control group, which received concentrate at 3.5% of live weight; and the Bacillus Group, which received concentrate at 3.5% of live weight inoculated with B. amyloliquefaciens. The experimental dose of bacteria used was 2.0 x 106 cfu per kg of live weight. The results indicated that the supplementation of B. amyloliquefaciens promoted 13% higher Average Daily Gain compared to the control group, although there was no difference for weight and carcass yield between the groups. Supplementation with B. amyloliquefaciens was not harmful to the ruminal health of the animals.
