Abstract
The study was conducted at farm of Animal Production Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Kordofan, El-Obied, North Kordofan State, Sudan. During June 2021 to April 2022. The study was designed to investigate the effect of sesame waste feeding on growth performance, carcass characteristics and external body measurements of male Desert kids. Sixty male Desert kids aged 4-5 months and weighed 12.0Kg were used in this study. The experimental kids were divided randomly into three groups; 20 males for each group. Group one was fed on pastures and supplemented diet (waste sesame diet) which consist of 38% waste sesame diet, at a rate of 0.5Kg/head/day. Group two was fed on pastures and supplemented (wheat bran diet) which consist of 38% wheat bran, at a rate of 0.5Kg/head/day. Third group was fed on pastures only (control) with one week adaptation period in randomized complete design experiment; data was analyzed by [1]. The results revealed that there were significant (p<0.05) differences in daily weight gain, where as daily weight was 4, 19.4 and 14.3g for control, wheat bran and sesame waste respectively, there was no significant (p>0.05) differences in daily feed intake, where as daily feed intake was 269 and 202g for wheat bran and sesame waste respectively, there was no significant (p>0.05) differences in slaughter, empty body, hot carcass weights and dressing %, final heart girth belly girth, height at wither and body length. Highest profits were recorded sesame waste diet compared with wheat bran diet pasture.
Keyword: Desert goat; growth performance; external body measurements
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