The effect of supplementing different levels of chicory and yeast to growing dairy goats fed on Rhodes grass basal diet on feed intake and weight gain

Abstract

This study explored the impact of supplementing Chicory and yeast in varying proportions to the diets of weaned dairy goats primarily fed a Rhodes grass basal diet. The study was conducted at Egerton University's Tatton Agricultural Park (TAP), Njoro. The feeds were formulated into eight diets and offered to 24 crossbred (Saanen × Toggenburg) weaned dairy goats (14±0.5 Kg) using a CRD with a (4x2) factorial design. The diets were Rhodes grass hay and chicory supplementation at (T1:0, T2:10, T3:20, and T4:30%) as the main effects and yeast, with (+) and without yeast (-) as interaction levels. The findings suggest that including yeast and Chicory has a significant effect (p