Abstract—A total of forty five fattening Barki lambs (15 animal/treatment) were fed on one customized complete pelleted basal diet (control ) to which mannanoligosaccharide (MOS, Bio-Mos®) and esterified glucomannan (EGM ,MTB-100 ®) were supplemented at level of 1kg / ton in a four months experiment. Dietary supplementations of the diet with MOS as well as EGM had a positive effect on body weight development and % of body weight gain. The EGMsupplemented group had demonstrated significant increase in the serum globulin compared to control and MOS- fed groups. The results also revealed a non significant difference in rumen fluid ecology (Score, pH, ammonia nitrogen and total volatile fatty acids, TVFAs). In conclusion both of the additives used (Bio-Mos® and MTB-100 ®) have a positive effect on growth performance parameters with no adverse effect of rumen ecology when included to fattening Barki lambs diet under Egyptian environment.
Index Terms—Esterified glucomannan, lambs,mannanoligo-saccharide, rumen ecology.
The authors are with the Department of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cairo-University, Giza 12211, Egypt (e-mail:mhhady@yahoo.com).
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Cite: Maha M. Hady, R. A. EL-Banna, H. M. Teleb, and R. A. Shimaa, "Impact of Manna Oligosaccharide (Bio-Mos®) and Esterified Glucomannan (MTB-100 ®) Dietary Supplementation on Performance and Health Status of Barki Lambs Under Egyptian Conditions," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 264-268, 2012.
