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TY - JOUR AU - Babandi, B. AU - Ashiru, R. M. AU - Ibrahim, U. AU - Gumel, I. A. AU - Umar, Z. AU - Zainab , I. A. AU - Ahmed, M. AU - Biliyaminu, A. AU - Gumel, A. M. AU - Habu, A. AU - Habibu, S. AU - Baso, U. M. PY - 2025/03/20 Y2 - 2026/09/22 TI - COST BENEFIT OF GROWING RED SOKOTO BUCKS FED GRADED LEVELS OF MISTLETOE PLANT (Viscum album) MEAL FROM SEMI-ARID BROWSES OF JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA JF - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production JA - NJAP VL - IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.51791/njap.vi.8593 UR - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/8593 SP - 1313 - 1315 AB - <p><em>A feeding trial was conducted to determine the cost of feed per kilogram live weight gain of Red Sokoto buck fed </em><em>diets containing graded levels of mistletoe. Sixteen (16) young Red Sokoto bucks, weighing averagely 15.69 ± </em><em>0.79 kg were allotted to four treatments in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four (4) replications. </em><em>Four (4) diets containing mistletoe plant meal (MTPM), at 0, 10, 20 and 30% were fed at 3.5% body weight /day </em><em>for a period of 84 days. All bucks gained weight irrespective of the inclusion levels of (MTPM), but 20% in (T </em><em>3</em><em>) </em><em>was better (65.48 g/day) and had the lowest value of cost of feed/kg LWG (N971.20) with corresponding higher </em><em>cost saving (42.00%) and therefore, recommended.</em></p> ER -