Lipid profile of suckling kids and dams fed combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp and Acacia leaves

Lipid profile of suckling kids and dams fed combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp and Acacia leaves

¹Christie O. Raimi, ²Abiodun A. Adeloye

¹Department of Agricultural Technology, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria; 2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

The grassland pasture of low nutritive value, feeds and climatic factors had led to various responses in blood indices. Cocoa pod and cassava pulp are part of agro-industrial by products that could be used as ruminants feed. The serum lipid profile of West African Dwarf does and kids fed dietary combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp and Acacia leaf silage was evaluated in this study using 20 West African Dwarf (WAD) does aged 12-13 months with average body weight of 14.35±0.21kg and kids of 2.5±0.00kg. They were divided randomly into five treatment groups and each treatment consisted of 4 goats per replicate and thereafter subjected to completely randomized design for 90 days feeding trial. The diets contained four levels of fermented cocoa pod at 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 and cassava pulp at 60, 55, 50, 45, 40 percent levels respectively while 40% cut across the groups. Results showed that combinations of the silage had significant (p<0.05) effects on lipid profile of both does and kids. The results revealed that does and kids fed T5 (20:40:40) had high (p< 0.05) HDL cholesterol than the control goats on day 30 and 90. Serum HDL cholesterol increased (p< 0.05) in T5 (20:40:40) as sampling day progressed. However, serum glucose, VLDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides level had low values in T5 (20:40:40) which was significantly different at (p<0.05). This study concludes that cocoa pod could be incorporated into the diet of goats up to 20% without posing health hazards on the animals.

Keywords: Cocoa pod, Cassava pulp, Acacia leaf, Serum Lipid profile, West African Dwarf Goats

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Christie O. Raimi, Abiodun A. Adeloye. Lipid profile of suckling kids and dams fed combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp and Acacia leaves. International Journal of Animal Research, 2022; 7:40.

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