<b>Goat milk production and quality on Tanzania-grass pastures, with supplementation</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v34i4.14339
<html /><br><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;"><span style="font-size: x-small...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Eduem)
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/14339 |
| Summary: | <html /><br><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was evaluated the production and quality of milk produced by goats grazing <em>Panicum maximum</em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>Jacq cv. Tanzania (Guineagrass) and receiving four levels of concentrate supplementation. Eight Anglo Nubian goats, aged between two and four years, 43.6 kg in average body weight and between the 2</span><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> and 4</span><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> lactation were distributed into two 4 x 4 balanced Latin square design. The supplementation levels were: 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of body weight. The concentrate was composed of corn and soybean meal. The intake of dry matter and nutrients, and the daily production of milk, 4% fat-corrected milk, fat, protein, lactose and total solids had increased (p < 0.05) with supplementation, whereas fat and total solids percentage were reduced (p < 0.05). The concentrate supplementation up to 1.5% of live weight in Tanzania-grass pasture raises the intake of dry matter and nutrients, resulting in a linear increase in milk production and of its components.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> |
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| ISSN: | 1806-2636 1807-8672 |