Dry Matter Intake, Water Intake and Live Weight Changes of Yankasa Sheep Fed Browse Plants

3 Abstract: The experiment was conducted in the Department of Animal Production, Teaching and Research farm, College of Agriculture Jalingo, Taraba State, the browse plants fed were T1=Ficussycomorus, T2=Gmelinaarborea, T3=Ziziphusmauritianaand T4=Danieliaoliveri, with crude protein levels of 11.36, 13.01, 11.16 and 11.16 respectively, the feed was offered ad lib to allow 15-20% refusal. the daily dry matter intake of the four browse plants fed with the ranges of 218 g/h/d-184g/h/d. Treatment 1 has the highest dry matter intake of 218g/h/d while Treatment 4 has the least 184g/h/d. There is no significant difference (P>0.05) between Treatments. The mean water intake showed an intake range of 2.27l/h/d-1.22l/h/d, with treatment 3 having the highest intake, while treatment 2 has the least. T differs significantly (P 0.05) between T , T and T. The live weight gain is in the range of 900g-300g with 12 4 T having the highest gain of 900g/h and T has the least gain of 300g/h. T differs significantly (P<0.05) with 2 42 T , T and T while there is no significant different between T and T. 1 3 4 14