Effect of Automatic Feeding Station use on fattening performance in lambs and intake activity periods
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2018
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Šenfelde, L.
Kairiša, D.
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Abstrakt
Implementation of precise farming technology is v
ery important for productivity
increasing of livestock. One of the highest components of the production costs is feeding
expenses. An automatic concentrate feeding stations (AFS) can ensure economic feed distribution
and intake registration for animals ind
ividually. The aim of this research was to study the
possibility and benefits of using AFS in fattening of lambs. Results show that during all the
research average number of daily visits to AFS per lamb were 13
±
0.2 visits, average daily live
weight gain
per lamb was 254
±
15.7
g. For 1
kg lamb live weight gain 5.35
kg concentrate was
used. More intesively acitivity periods of lambs was noted during following hours of day time:
02:00
–
02:59
, 08:00
–
09:59 and 19:00
–
20:59. Significant (
P
≤
0.05) moderate
positive correlation
(r
=
0.470) was found between average daily number of visits to the AFS per lamb and total
amount of concentrate consumed during the research per lamb. Significant (
P
≤
0.05) strong
negative correlation (r
=
-
0.806) was found between a
verage daily number of visits to the AFS
per lamb and average amount of concentrate consumed during one visit.
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sheep, feed intake, live weight gain, feeding station, articles