ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1601-1609.doi: doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.08.010

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Effect of Protein and Energy Restriction on Growth and Slaughter Performance and Visceral Organs Development of Weaned Hu Lambs

QI Min-li 1,MA Tie-wei 2,DIAO Qi-yu 1,CUI Kai 1,WANG Bo 1,CHAI Jian-min 1,WANG Zi-yu 2,ZHANG Nai-feng 1*   

  1. (1.Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture/Feed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081,China;2.College of Animal Science and Technology,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095,China)
  • Received:2015-10-08 Online:2016-08-23 Published:2016-08-23

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of protein and energy restriction on growth and slaughter performance and visceral organ development of weaned Hu lambs.Sixty-four weaned Hu lambs were randomly assigned into 4 groups,including control group (CON),20% of protein restriction (PR),20% of energy restriction (ER),20% of energy and protein restriction (BR).There were 4 replicates in each group,and 4 lambs(2 females,2 males) in each replicate.The intakes of starter were recorded,and all the lambs were weighed on 60 and 120 days of age,then 4 of them from each group were slaughtered on 120 days of age for the determination of organ weight,casrcass weight,lamb GR values and eye muscle area.The results showed as follows:1) No significant difference was observed among PR,ER and CON groups in terms of final weight (120 d),average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion rate (FCR) (P>0.05),whereas final weight in BR group was significantly lower than CON group (P<0.05).2) The dressing percentage in BR was lower than that in CON (P<0.05).Eye muscle area and GR values from PR,ER and BR groups were significantly lower than those from CON group (P<0.05).3) Liver weight and rumen weight from the 3 treatment groups were significantly lower than that from CON group (P<0.05),and liver weight accounted for the proportion of live weight before slaughter in ER and BR groups were significant lower than that in CON group (P<0.05),while no significant difference was obtained in terms of rumen weight accounted for the proportion of live weight before slaughter (P>0.05).In conclusion,energy and protein restriction significantly reduced growth and slaughter performance,and energy and(or) protein restriction constrained the development of liver.

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