Effect of hydric stress on intake, growth performance and nutritional status of Nguni goats

Autor: Conference Thando Mpendulo, Oluwakamisi Festus Akinmoladun, Olusegun Oyebade Ikusika, Michael Chimonyo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1071-1078 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1594-4077
1828-051X
1828051X
DOI: 10.1080/1828051X.2020.1819897
Popis: Limited water intake affects livestock. Though small ruminants are more resilient to suboptimum water intake compared to other species of livestock, tolerance abilities differ among breeds. This study was aimed at investigating the effect of water deprivation levels on intake, growth performance and nutritional status of Nguni goats. Thirty-six Nguni goats (initial weight, 18 ± 3.2 kg) were assigned to one of three treatments: without water deprivation, water deprivation for 24 and 48 h in a completely randomised design for 40 days. Performance traits, body condition score (BCS), faecal egg count (FEC) and FAffa MAlan CHArt (FAMACHA) were determined weekly while blood metabolites were determined on the last day of the experiment and analysed with PROC GLM of SAS software. The average daily water intake (WI) and feed intake (FI) increased (p
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