the effects of replacement of alfalfa hay with pistachio by-product (pb) at 0, 25, 50, and 75% (dm basis) on the ruminal parameters, dry matter intake (dmi) of female rayini goats, after kidding, and on the live weight gain (lwg) of their kids were investigated. five single-bearing female rayini goats each with a single kid were employed in each level of replacement. the basal diet contained ba...

In response to commercial interest in pig production, CSIRO’s Division of Animal Production designed AUSPIG, an MS-DOS tool for studying the performance of pigs growing in pens in a piggery. The pig farmer enters information concerning the pigs’ diet, genotype, and housing, as well as certain data concerning the local buyers of pigs. AUSPIG’s grower pig and breeder pig models then simulate the ...

The effects of breed and slaughter weight on chemical composition, fatty acid groups, texture, and sensory characteristics of meat of 141 suckling male kids from 5 Spanish breeds were studied. There was a decrease in texture and lightness and hue angle with the increase of the slaughter weight. Fatty acid composition was correlated with the intramuscular fat content. All the breeds except MO ha...

BACKGROUND Longevity is the amount of time breeding females stay active in a herd by avoiding death or culling because of illness or reproductive failure. This is a trait of economic relevance in commercial small ruminant breeding herds as it affects lifetime reproductive output. The purpose of this study was to determine if breed of meat goat influences breeding doe survival rates and cumulati...

in this research to evaluate the effects of probiotic on the growth and some serum biochemical parameters of growing native kid’s, 24 kid’s, with 19.2± 0.7 kg body weight and 120± 10 days of age were used in a  completely randomized design with four treatments and six repeats. these four groups included: 1- the control group was fed on a basal diet (without probiotic or yeast). 2- the second gr...