Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco
Aiming to assist organized pastors in the Oriental region on good fattening practices, three workshops were organized in Beni Mathar (BM), Tendrara (TN) and Bouarfa (BF). The preparatory meetings raised awareness of the planned protocol and environmental constraints. The animals were identified, tre...
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2022-09-01
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| description | Aiming to assist organized pastors in the Oriental region on good fattening practices, three workshops were organized in Beni Mathar (BM), Tendrara (TN) and Bouarfa (BF). The preparatory meetings raised awareness of the planned protocol and environmental constraints. The animals were identified, treated and weighed to constitute homogeneous batches. The batch 1 received food ration that satisfies animal needs (60% of barley, 10% of wheat bran, 20% of alfalfa hay, 10% of sunflower meal and CMV) and batch 2, serving as a control, is conducted in the manner of breeders (barley and wheat bran in addition to dried Stipa tenacissima in TN or oat hay in BM). After adaptation, the animals are fed morning and evening with control of refusals and adjustments. The performances recorded by the trial batches are encouraging with good growth rates (243.5, 236.1 and 199.6 g/day in BM; 262.3, 200.4 and 178.2 g/day in TN and 240, 282.8 and 202 g/day in BF respectively for GMQ 1-2, GMQ 2-3 and GMQ 3-4) compared to control batches (175.6, 171.9, 185.2 in BM and 198, 190 and 166.7 in TN) and good food conversion indices (6,0 against 7,5). The discussions at the end of each control, analyzed the evolutions in search of solutions to the problems. In addition to the need for supervision, the main constraints concern the difficulty of the environment, diseases and the market. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b797ee3db9314b02876da54d62aa428b2023-06-28T12:31:05ZengNational Institute of Agronomic Research "INRA" MoroccoAfrican and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia2658-91842022-09-010136375110.34874/IMIST.PRSM/afrimed-i136.3477016366Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of MoroccoAbdelmajid Bechchari0INRA / Centre Régional de la Recherche Agronomique d'OujdaAiming to assist organized pastors in the Oriental region on good fattening practices, three workshops were organized in Beni Mathar (BM), Tendrara (TN) and Bouarfa (BF). The preparatory meetings raised awareness of the planned protocol and environmental constraints. The animals were identified, treated and weighed to constitute homogeneous batches. The batch 1 received food ration that satisfies animal needs (60% of barley, 10% of wheat bran, 20% of alfalfa hay, 10% of sunflower meal and CMV) and batch 2, serving as a control, is conducted in the manner of breeders (barley and wheat bran in addition to dried Stipa tenacissima in TN or oat hay in BM). After adaptation, the animals are fed morning and evening with control of refusals and adjustments. The performances recorded by the trial batches are encouraging with good growth rates (243.5, 236.1 and 199.6 g/day in BM; 262.3, 200.4 and 178.2 g/day in TN and 240, 282.8 and 202 g/day in BF respectively for GMQ 1-2, GMQ 2-3 and GMQ 3-4) compared to control batches (175.6, 171.9, 185.2 in BM and 198, 190 and 166.7 in TN) and good food conversion indices (6,0 against 7,5). The discussions at the end of each control, analyzed the evolutions in search of solutions to the problems. In addition to the need for supervision, the main constraints concern the difficulty of the environment, diseases and the market.https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/Afrimed/article/view/34770engraissementovinsparcourscoopératives pastoraleshauts plateaux de l’oriental |
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| title | Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco |
| title_full | Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco |
| title_short | Improving sheep fattening practices in the high Eastern plateau of Morocco |
| title_sort | improving sheep fattening practices in the high eastern plateau of morocco |
| topic | engraissement ovins parcours coopératives pastorales hauts plateaux de l’oriental |
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