TY  - JOUR
AU  - Karami, Morteza 
AU  - Alimon, Abd Razak 
AU  - Goh, Yong Meng 
AU  - Sazili, Awis Qurni 
AU  - Ivan, Michael 
PY  - 2010
TI  - Effects of Dietary Herbal Antioxidants Supplemented on Feedlot Growth Performance and Carcass Composition of Male Goats
JF  - American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajavsp.2010.33.39
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2010.33.39
AB  - Problem statement: In goats production, chevon, meat quality and shelf life are very important, dietary herbs and synthetic antioxidants as dietary supplementation, may be can improve growth performance and carcass characteristics of goats. Approach: Thirty-two male (mean live weight 13.0 kg and 8 months old) were assigned to four dietary treatments, namely, basal diet (control, CN) and basal diet supplemented with Vitamin E (VE), Turmeric powder (TU) or Andrographis paniculata Powder (AP). The diets were fed as total mixed rations ad libitum for a period of 14 weeks. The goats were weighed every month, while feed intake was measured on a weekly basis. Thereafter, the goats were subjected to the Halal slaughter and the carcasses dissected. Result: The daily weight gain was not different (p>0.05) between treatments, but the feed intake was lower (p