This study was to evaluate the use of fodder salt (salt and dicotyledon hay mix) on daily intake of fodder salt (IFS) and pangola (Digitaria decumbens) hay, and intakes of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), hemicellulose (HCEL), lignin and water (AGU), in addition to daily weight gain (ADG) and feed conversion tatio of lambs in confinement. Fodder salts were compound by dicotyledon hay meal (90%), mineral salt (5%) and ground maize (5%). Thirty non-castrated male animals, crossbred Santa Inez, were distributed to a completely randomized design, with six fodder salts (mineral salt, fodder salts of: leucaena, (Leucaena leucocephala); aerial part of cassava, (Manihot esculenta); bean bravo (Macroptilium bracteatum); barriguda, (Ceiba samauma); quipé (Piptadenia moniliformis)], each with five replications. Fodder salts of leucaena and aerial part of cassava promoted better performance results, which evidence the potential of this forages in the formulation of fodder salts, used in the supplementation of diet for lambs in confinement.
containment; dicotyledon; feed conversion; sheep
