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Digestion and Metabolism Indices of Sheep When Using Activated Charcoal Supplement

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Bogolyubova1, Vasily Pavlovich Korotky2, Alexander Sergeyevich Zenkin3, Viktor Anatolyevich Ryzhov2 and Nikolai Petrovich Buryakov4
  • 1 Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution, Ernst All-Russia Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, 142132, Russia, Moscow Region, Podolsk, Dubrovitsy, 60, Russia
  • 2 Science and Technology Center “Khiminvest” Ltd., 603001, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhne-Volzhskayanaberezhnaya, 6/1, Russia
  • 3 Mordovia Ogarev State University, 430005, Russia, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk, Bolshevistskaya Str., 68, Russia
  • 4 Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 127550, Russia, Moscow, Timiryazevskaya Str., 49, Russia

Abstract

The effect of activated charcoal as a feed additive was assessed in the experiment with Romanov sheep and Romanov sheep breed with argali. Charcoal sorbent is the original preparation produced in “Khiminvest” Science and Technology Center. Activated charcoal supplement was added to the basic diet of experimental animals in an amount of 1 g per 10 kg of live weight. The preparation showed positive effect on the palatability of the feed and ruminal digestion processes, as well as contributed to an increase in dry matter concentration of microorganisms and amylase activity. Experimental sheep showed an increase of digestibility of dry matter, dry protein, crude fat, crude fiber, bio-effecting agents, as well as increased nitrogen utilization coefficient. Use of the preparation provided increase in daily weight gains.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 17 No. 2, 2017, 121-127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2017.121.127

Submitted On: 12 May 2017 Published On: 15 June 2017

How to Cite: Bogolyubova, N. V., Korotky, V. P., Zenkin, A. S., Ryzhov, V. A. & Buryakov, N. P. (2017). Digestion and Metabolism Indices of Sheep When Using Activated Charcoal Supplement. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 17(2), 121-127. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2017.121.127

Open AccessCopyright: © 2017 Nadezhda Vladimirovna Bogolyubova, Vasily Pavlovich Korotky, Alexander Sergeyevich Zenkin, Viktor Anatolyevich Ryzhov and Nikolai Petrovich Buryakov. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Sheep
  • Activated Charcoal as a Feed Additive
  • Digestion
  • Digestibility
  • Metabolism
  • Weight Gain