Productive performance and ruminal development in dairy kids fed with different diets and slaughtered at different ages.
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https://doi.org/10.14409/favecv.v18i1.8244Keywords:
goat, production, feed, dairyAbstract
The aim of this work was to evaluate performance and ruminal development of dairy kids fed with different diets (alfalfa and / or grains: Alf, Alf + Gr, Gr) and slaughtered at different ages (50, 60 and 70 days of life). Parameters evaluated were: daily live weight gain (GDPV), slaughter weight (PF), hot carcass weight (PCC), slaughter yield (RF), stomach weight and ruminal papillae length (LP). Animals were assigned by random in the treatments: Alf 50 (n=3), Alf 60 (n=4), Alf 70 (n=3), Gr 50 (n=3), Gr 60 (n=4), Gr 70 (n=3), Alf+Gr 50 (n=3), Alf+Gr 60 (n=4), Alf+Gr 70 (n=3). Data were analyzed with linear mixed model according to a repeated measures design by ANOVA of Infostat 2018 program. Means multiple comparisons were evaluated by LSD-Fisher test (P = 0.05). No interaction was detected for diet and slaughter age. Regarding diet, animals that consumed Alf and Alf + Gr presented higher GDPV (p = 0.0022). FP and PCC were higher for Alf + Gr than for Gr group (p = 0.0352 and p = 0.0298). RF was higher for the Gr group than for the others (p <0.0001). Age at slaughter affected PF and PCC, animals with 70 days had the highest values (p= 0.0002 and p= 0,0008). 50 days old kids had the maximum RF (p=0.0413). Rumen weight was higher for group 70 compared with groups 60 and 50 (p=0.0410). LP was similar for all treatments. It is possible to conclude that diet and age affected the productive performance of animals.
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