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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Okpanachi, U. 
AU  - Nwandu, P. I. 
AU  - Eboh, S. 
AU  - Agu, C. I. 
PY  - 2024/07/20
Y2  - 2026/09/25
TI  - PERFORMANCE AND BIOECONOMICS OF FEEDING GROWING WEST AFRICAN DWARF (WAD) GOATS WITH DIFFERENT COPPER SALTS BASED DIETS
JF  - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production
JA  - NJAP
VL  - 
IS  - 
SE  - Articles
DO  - 10.51791/njap.vi.7558
UR  - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/7558
SP  - 217 - 221
AB  - &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;Performance and bioeconomics of feeding 20 growing West African Dwarf (WAD) goats with varying levels of different copper salts was studied. The goats were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments, comprising of four goats each, with T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;1 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;(control), T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;2 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;(15 mg Cu/Kg DM of Copper Sulphate), T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;3 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;(20 mg Cu/Kg DM of Copper Sulphate), T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;4 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;(15 mg Cu/Kg DM of Copper Nitrate) and T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;(20 mg Cu/Kg DM of Copper Nitrate). Performance and bioeconomics parameters of the experimental goats were determined. The results obtained indicates that copper salts had no significant effect (P&amp;gt;0.05) on the performance and&lt;br&gt;bioeconomic of the goats. The general poor performance of goats including those on the control diet could be due to unfavourable environmental condition which led to low feed intake and low weight gain of the goats. Poor weight gain could also be due to the fact that, WAD Goats are not used to confinement. The season (rainy season) the research was carried out is associated with several ailments of goats. The weight loss experienced by goats in T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;could be due to the inability of those goats to withstand the earlier mentioned conditions when compared to those on other treatments (the place of individual difference). Weight loss in T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fontstyle0&quot;&gt;could also be due to unknown reasons. It is recommended that WAD goats should not be totally confined,&lt;br&gt;when carrying out research and that the addition of copper salts to the diets of WAD goats have no economical value.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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