Valorization of agricultural by products for animal feed

The present study was carried out in the Korhogo commune to evaluate some zootechnical performances of small ruminants supplemented with two available agricultural by-products. To achieve this, 60 small ruminants aged 6 months, including 30 antennae and 30 goats, were used during the period from August 02 to October 10, 2021. They were divided into 3 batches of 10 animals for each species, for a total of 6 batches installed at the farmers' premises. For both antennae and goats, batch 1 or control batch was fed only greenAndropogon gayanus (Poaceae) forage. Batch 2 was fed corn bran in the antena and cassava peelings in the goats. Batch 3 was fed with cassava peelings for the female antennae and corn bran for the goats. The best zootechnical performances were obtained in the antennae of batch 2 and the goats of batch 3, with a significant difference (P< 0.05) compared with the other batches.