THE EFFECT OF FEEDING MAIZE HUSK AND LEUCAENA AS MIXTURE ON THE VOLUNTARY INTAKE OF THE HUSK

The effect of feeding maize husk and leucaena as a mixture on voluntar y intake of maize husk was studied over a 40-day period. Ten male goat s with an average weight of 15 kg were used. The treatments were: (a) maize husk fed in a mixture with leucaena and (b) maize husk plus leuc aena offered in separate troughs but at the same time. The maize husk intake and total dry matter intake for the two feeding methods were ab out the same. Thus total dry matter intake was not affected (P < 0.05) by the method of feeding. There was also no significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two methods of feeding in the digestibility value s. The data were considered to indicate that there were no significant differences in the intake of maize husk when fed in a mixture with Le ucaena leucocephala or when offered separately but at the same time.