TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of Soya Milk and Ewe’s Milk Blend on the Growth Performance of Suckling Mecheri Lambs
AU - Pandiyan, C. AU - Senthilvel, K. AU - Saravanan, R. AU - Chandirasekaran, V. 
JO  - Journal of Food Technology
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 3
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1684-8462
DO  - jftech.2012.1.3
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2012.1.3
KW  - Soya milk
KW  -Mecheri lambs
KW  -body weight
KW  -control group
AB  - About 1 week old Mecheri lambs having average weight of 2.2 kg were selected and divided into three groups such as control, fed exclusively with ewe&#146;s milk, treatment 2, fed with 50% of soya milk and 50% of ewe&#146;s milk and treatment 3, fed with 75% soya milk and 25% ewe&#146;s milk. All the lambs were fed with 10% of their body weight. The control group had a mean body weight (kg) of 3.43, 6.34 and 8.57 at 30, 60 and 90 days of age, respectively. The T<SUB>2</SUB> group had a body weight (kg) of 3.69, 6.34 and 9.99 at 30, 60 and 90 days of age, respectively. The T<SUB>3</SUB> group had a body weight (kg) of 3.74, 6.89 and 10.33 at 30, 60 and 90 days of age, respectively. The growth performance of the treatment groups T<SUB>2</SUB> and T<SUB>3 </SUB>were significantly higher than the control group (p&lt;0.01). The higher weight gain was observed in the T<SUB>3</SUB> as compared to T<SUB>2</SUB>, this might be due to higher protein, total solids content of the respective soya milk and ewe&#146;s milk blends fed. This investigation reveals that the feeding of soya milk and ewe&#146;s milk blend will be beneficial for feeding orphan lambs.
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