Increasing productivity in goats grazing Mediterranean woodland and scrubland by supplementation of polyethylene glycol

Autor:	Avi Perevolotsky, Zafrira Nitsan, Serge Yan Landau, N. Gilboa, Nissim Silanikove
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate media_common.quotation_subject Forage Biology Animal science Nutrient Food Animals Productivity (ecology) Agronomy PEG ratio Grazing Weaning Animal Science and Zoology Reproduction media_common
Zdroj:	Small Ruminant Research. 38:183-190
ISSN:	0921-4488
DOI:	10.1016/s0921-4488(00)00151-6
Popis:	A single daily oral dose of polyethylene glycol (PEG) — a tannin-binding agent — has been shown to substantially improve feed intake and efficiency of utilization by sheep and goats consuming tannin-rich forage. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of supplementing 10 g/day of PEG on the performance of does grazing on Mediterranean woodland and scrubland. The experiments were carried out in production systems based on Mamber goats raised only for the production of slaughter kids (Experiment 1), dual-purpose Mamber goats raised for slaughter kids and milk (Experiment 2) or DamascusAnglo-Nubian goats raised mainly for milk (Experiment 3). In Mamber goats, PEG supplementation was associated with higher body weight (BW) gain during pregnancy (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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