EFFECT OF FEEDING CHOPPED AND UNCHOPPED GROUNDNUT HAULM (HARAWA) ON NUTRIENT UTILIZATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF SOME RUMEN METABOLITES IN YANKASA LAMBS

The effect of feeding chopped and unchopped groundnut haulm (Harawa) on nutrient intake, metabolism utilization was determined in 24 (12 each male female) growing Yankasa lambs. Feeding harawa significantly (P 0.05) Increased feed the digestibility nutrients liveweight gains. It also had an ap­preciable nitrogen retention pro­duction total rumen nitrogen, ammonia-nitrogen volatile fatty acids. availability digestible energy did not differ under two regions. There a better effi­ciency for lambs fed hay.