Mineral metabolism of pregnant goats under feed restriction

Mineral Metabolism in Singleton and Twin-pregnant Dairy Goats

During pregnancy, the maternal body undergoes significant physiological changes. The present study assessed the changes on calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na) and potassium (K) metabolism in singleton and twin-pregnant dairy goats. The 42 goats used (49.5 kg±7.6 body weight [BW]) were assigned at random to treatments that were factorially arranged to account for 2 breeds (...

Effect of feed restriction on compensatory growth response of young male goats

Forty eight 8-month-old male goats were divided into three groups. In each group, eight goats were feedrestricted for 45, 60 or 75 days, and eight goats served as the control. Restricted groups were fed with a maintenance ration, and the control goats were fed with a ration supporting 50 g of daily weight gain. At the end of restriction period, the restricted goats were offered the same ration ...

effect of feed restriction on compensatory growth response of young male goats

forty eight 8-month-old male goats were divided into three groups. in each group, eight goats were feedrestricted for 45, 60 or 75 days, and eight goats served as the control. restricted groups were fed with a maintenance ration, and the control goats were fed with a ration supporting 50 g of daily weight gain. at the end of restriction period, the restricted goats were offered the same ration ...

Effect of Mineral Supplementation on Post-parturient diseases in Pregnant goats

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of mineral supplementation on post-parturient complication in pregnant goats and perinatal mortality in their kids. The study revealed increased in survival percentage of kids and reduced post parturient complication during kidding in mineral supplemented group than non supplemented group. From the present study it is concluded that the suppl...

Mineral Metabolism