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In the tropics, sheep graze by day and are kept in yards by night to protect them from theft and predators. If grazing is limited to daytime, nutrient reflux may be interrupted, and feed intake (8), as well as long-term grassland productivity, may be negatively affected. Keeping sheep in corrals at night, especially during the dry season, has been shown to cause nutritional stress (decreased forage intake) and reduced performance. This is remedied by supplementation, mainly with concentrate feeds (3). Moreover, performance of lambs kept exclusively on pasture is poor, but in the post-weaning period lambs can be offered concentrate to reduce slaughter age (15). Panicum spp. pastures are gaining importance in sheep production, but their effect on lamb meat quality has been scarcely researched (6). Because they contain a high proportion of fiber, C4 plants can negatively affect animal performance and thus strongly impact income per unit of area. The higher amounts of fiber in C4 plants, as compared to C3 plants (16), can interfere with intake and digestibility. This study was conducted to determine how feed supplementation influences growth performance and plasma minerals and metabolites of hair lambs grazing on a Panicum maximum pasture.

Effect of feed supplementation on growth performance and plasma minerals and metabolites in hair lambs grazing Panicum maximum