Performance, Body Water Balance, Ingestive Behavior and Blood Metabolites in Goats Fed with Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) Silage Subjected to An Intermittent Water Supply
| Autor: | Ítalo Reneu Rosas de Albuquerque, Ronaldo Lopes Oliveira, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho, Ismael de Sousa Nobre, Edson C. Silva-Filho, Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo, Edson Mauro Santos, Leilson Rocha Bezerra, Jarbas Silva-Júnior, Fernanda Maria Almeida dos Santos |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Italo Albuquerque, GHERMAN GARCIA LEAL DE ARAUJO, CPATSA, Fernanda Santos, Gleidson Carvalho, Edson Santos, Ismael Nobre, Leilson Bezerra, Jarbas Silva Júnior, Edson Silva Filho, Ronaldo Oliveira. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
water restriction
Silage Opuntia ficus Geography Planning and Development Body water lcsh:TJ807-830 Randomized block design lcsh:Renewable energy sources Water supply Management Monitoring Policy and Law Biology Silagem de palma forrageira Animal science Opuntia caprine Silagem Ruminating lcsh:Environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 semiarid PEAR Palma Forrageira Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Ovino lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Goats Desempenho da água corporal 0402 animal and dairy science Silagem mista 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 040201 dairy & animal science body regions Metabolismo lcsh:TD194-195 Pastagem Mista Digestibility Cactus Silagem de pera 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Water metabolism Opuntia ficus sp business silage |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 7 Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA-Alice) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) instacron:EMBRAPA Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 2881, p 2881 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12072881 |
| Popis: | This study evaluated the performance, body water balance, ingestive behavior and blood metabolites in goats fed with cactus pear silage subjected to an intermittent water supply. Thirty-six goats were distributed in a randomized block design arranged as a 3 × 3 factorial with cactus pear silage in the goats&rsquo diet (on a 0%, 21% and 42% dry matter-DM basis) and water offer frequency (ad libitum, and 24 and 48 h water restrictions). There was an interaction only between the cactus pear silage level and water offerings for drinking water. Goats fed 42% cactus pear silage had greater intake of non-fibrous carbohydrates, energy, Ca, Mg and Na minerals, water intake, urinary water excretion, body water retention and nutrient digestibility. Cactus pear silage inclusion up to a 42% rate reduced eating and ruminating time and increased the time spent idling as well as the eating and the ruminating efficiency rate. Water restriction at 48 h reduced drinking water intake. Performance and blood metabolites were not affected by cactus silage inclusion or water offering. Cactus pear silage inclusion at up to 42% for goats is recommended during periods of water shortage in semiarid and arid regions because it improves eating, the ruminating efficiency rate, and body water retention cactus pear silage inclusion at this rate reduces water consumption and it does not affect the performance or health of the animals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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