1. Evaluation of a method to predict negative feedstuff associative effects in meat goats consuming diets with different forage sources and levels of concentrate
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Ryszard Puchala, Arthur L Goetsch, Tilahun Sahlu, Lionel J. Dawson, Asrat Tera Dolebo, and Terry A Gipson
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0301 basic medicine ,General Veterinary ,0402 animal and dairy science ,Forage ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Biology ,040201 dairy & animal science ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Animal science ,Hay ,Boer goat ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Dry matter ,Food science ,Digestion - Abstract
Effects of dietary concentrate level and grass hay source were determined to evaluate a method (www2.luresext.edu/goats/research/suppconc.html) of predicting negative associative effects between feedstuffs in Boer goat wethers. Forage DM intake (g/kg BW0.75) was similar (P = .157) between growing and yearling wethers (34.9 and 30.8) and ranked 0 and 15 > 30 > 45 g/kg BW0.75 of concentrate dry matter (48.5, 41.8, 25.9, and 15.2, respectively). Age and concentrate level interacted in neutral detergent fibre digestibility (57.3%, 60.6%, 61.4%, and 58.4% for growing and 56.6, 62.9, 56.8, and 30.0% for yearling wethers with 0, 15, 30, and 45 g/kg BW0.75, respectively). There was a tendency (P = .074) for an interaction in metabolizable energy (ME) intake between age and concentrate level (361, 530, 634, and 709 for growing and 363, 547, 541, and 555 kJ/kg BW0.75 for yearling wethers with 0, 15, 30, and 45 g/kg BW0.75); values predicted for treatments with concentrate were 563, 631, and 619 for growing ...
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- 2016
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