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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (20): 105-111.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-0567

Special Issue: 生物技术 水产渔业 畜牧兽医 农业气象

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Effect of Supplementary Feed on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indices and Economic Benefit of Grazing Yaks in Cold Season

WU Hao1(), HAI Peng2, GUO Fei1, CAN Muyou3   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193
    2Agricultural Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Brigade, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000
    3Institute of Pratacultural Science, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science, Lhasa 850000
  • Received:2021-05-28 Revised:2021-11-09 Online:2022-07-15 Published:2022-08-23

Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementary feed on growth performance and blood biochemical indexes of grazing yak in cold season. A total of 120 healthy yaks were selected and randomly divided into 8 groups including 1 grazing group (control) and 7 supplemental groups (grazing + supplementary feed). The experiment lasted for 120 days with the beginning of 7 days for adaptation. The results showed that average daily gain was significantly increased for supplementary feed group compared to grazing group (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the average daily gain was linearly increased with the increase of supplemental levels (P<0.05). However, serum biochemical indices were not significantly affected by supplementary feed (P>0.05), indicating that nutrients’ digestion and absorption were not negatively affected. There were significant differences in net income for energy supplement between supplemental group and grazing group (P<0.05), which was 4.93 Yuan and 1.69 Yuan per head, respectively, and supplemental group had 388.80 Yuan more during the total experimental period. Meanwhile, net income was the highest at 0.4% supplemental level, 247.20 Yuan more than the grazing group. In summary, the growth performance and economic benefit could be improved by supplementary feed without adverse effect on animal health in cold season.

Key words: supplementary feed in cold season, grazing yak, growth performance, serum biochemical indices

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