Effects on Somali-Arabian goat doe body weight, birth weight and hay intake of rations of varying digestible energy fed during pregnancy

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Centre for Africaen
cg.coverage.countrySomalia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SO
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.species.breedSOMALI-ARABen
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
dc.contributor.authorHassan, H.M.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:03:01Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:03:01Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/70799
dc.titleEffects on Somali-Arabian goat doe body weight, birth weight and hay intake of rations of varying digestible energy fed during pregnancyen
dcterms.abstractProductivity of Somali goats is generally low due to poor husbandry practices. The effects of nutrition on birth weight, body weight and hay intake of does fed diets varying in digestible energy during the last 4 months of pregnancy were studied on 24 Somali-Arabian goats. Body weight of pregnant goats and kid birth weight increased with the level of digestible energy. Hay and total feed intake tended to decrease as digestible energy in the concentrate increased and also as goats approached parturition. None of these increases were significant. A low digestible energy level (29.3 Mcal/kg) in the concentrate is adequate for daily digestible energy requirements of Somali-Arabian goats during the last 6 week of pregnancy.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.issued1989
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectgoatsen
dcterms.subjectfeedsen
dcterms.subjectsomaliaen
dcterms.subjectfeed intakeen
dcterms.subjectsupplementary feedingen
dcterms.subjectpregnancyen
dcterms.subjectbody weighten
dcterms.subjectbirth weighten
dcterms.subjectfeeding levelen
dcterms.subjecthayen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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