https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index en-us 5 https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45434 Wed 01 Dec 2021 14:54:49 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:51954 Thu 09 Jun 2022 11:50:42 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:52464 40g FSF/kg > 20gFSF/kg > 0g FSF/kg. In the second experiment, a total of twenty-four (n=24) Dohne Merino rams of about 8 to 9 months old, weighing 19.8 ± 0.43 kg were confined in individual pens for a period of 100 days. The rams were subjected to four varying inclusion levels of fossil shell flour (0g/kg, 20g/kg, 40g/kg and 60g/kg. Water and feed intake were recorded throughout the period of successive feeding. Blood samples were collected on days 0, 45 and 90. The parameters studied included the average daily water intake (ADWI), average feed intake (ADFI), skin temperature (ST), respiration rate (RR), pulse rate (PR), rectal temperature (RT), total plasma protein (TPP), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV). The inclusion levels of FSF affected both the ADWI and ADFI, showing a high-water intake and feed intake in rams subjected to 40g/kg of FSF followed by 60g FSF/kg, 20g FSF/kg and 0g FSF/kg (P< 0.01) respectively. All the physiological parameters ST, RT, RR, HR and PR decreased with an increase in the inclusion levels of FSF (P< 0.01). The TPP increased as the levels of FSF increases (P< 0.01). The MCHC was low in rams subjected to 60g FSF/kg and in 0g to 40g FSF/kg TPP increases as levels of FSF increases (P< 0.01). This study concluded that supplementing with various inclusion levels of FSF had a positive effect on feed preference. The FSF also showed the ability to mitigate heat stress in Dohne Merino rams.]]> Thu 07 Jul 2022 11:04:31 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:47384 Mon 28 Feb 2022 11:34:12 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:46947 Mon 21 Feb 2022 12:29:46 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:59029 0.05) were recorded over 30 days of frozen storage. No differences (P>0.05) were recorded for the fatty acid composition between treatments. No growth was observed for microbial quality indicators nor Campylobacter spp. for all treatments. This study showed that frozen storage only had a negative effect on some textural parameters, while the inclusion of maize meal affects most physicochemical characteristics.]]> Fri 25 Nov 2022 13:21:34 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:46862 Fri 18 Feb 2022 11:00:50 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:43169 Fri 11 Jun 2021 15:26:42 SAST ]]>