the present study was carried out to determine the effects of supplementing chromium-methionine(cr-met) on performance and carcass traits in mahabadi goat kids. thirty-two male kids (averageinitial bw of 22 ± 2 kg, 4-5mo) were used in a completely randomized design of four treatments vis.:1) control (with no cr suppl.), 2) 500ug cr suppl., 3) 1000ug cr suppl.and 4) 1500ug cr suppl.as cr-met/ani...

Vitamin E (VitE) and selenium (Se) are an essential part of the antioxidative functions of metabolism. There are situations of low supply of both micronutrients. As VitE is involved in ruminal biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and their protection against oxidation in metabolism, diets supplemented with PUFA may challenge VitE to an extent making recommended supplies insuff...

Ten male Nubian kids, 6 months old, were used to investigate the effect of castration on production performance and some blood metabolites (glucose, total cholesterol, total protein, albumin, globulin, urea and uric acid). Five males were castrated using Burdizzo method, while equal number and weight of animals remained intact. The kids were individually accommodated and fed ad libitum on a con...

One hundred eighty (180) skin samples were taken from the mid-right side of 30 Raieni Cashmere goat male and female kids at 1 mo, 1.5 mo, 2 mo, 2.5 mo, 3 mo and 3.5 mo of age. Numbers of primary and secondary skin follicles were determined for each sample. Numbers of secondary follicles increased until 3 mo of age, but numbers of primary follicles did not change after birth of the kids. The ski...

The prophylactic and therapeutic effects of the folic acid inhibitor cotrimoxazole (trimethoprim in combination with sulfamethoxazole) was tested in goat kids experimentally infected with Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. Of the twenty-four 6-day-old kids inoculated with 6 x 10(6) oocysts of C parvum, ten kids were administered cotrimoxazole prophylactically at a dose 20 mg/kg per day of trimetho...

The mortality of kid's is serious problem in commercial goat farming Nepal. There are various factors which affect the growth rate and kids. One main rearing management during early age kids but more research focused on feeding treatment only. So an experiment was carried out to reveal effect brooding system for at National Goat Research Program, Bandipur, Tanahun Nepal from October 2020 Februa...

Serum copper determination is important to confirm hypocupremia. Twenty healthy kids constituted the Control Group, and sixteen kids with symptoms of copper deficiency, the Problem Group. Animals from the Problem Group showed a low number of red blood cells (RBC) and variations in RBC size and shape. The values found for hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) in the Control Group were...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects incorporating Bacillus spp.-fermented mixture (FM; 55% soybean meal and 45% feather meal) in starter feed goat kids, specifically its on growth performance, blood profile, carcass characteristics, gastrointestinal traits; FM protein profile also evaluated. Seventy-five four-week-old male dairy kids were randomly assigned three different diet gro...

The aim was to evaluate the influence of goat colostrum treated by heat on immune function in kids. Thirteen newborn kids were fed untreated colostrum (group A) and 13 kids were fed colostrum treated by heat (56 degrees C, 30 min) (group B). Blood samples were obtained at eight time points between the ages of 0 h to 28 days. Serum protein fractions, IgG levels and phagocytic activity of neutrop...

To investigate the effect of castration and live body weight at slaughter on fatty acid composition, a total 48 entire male kids (24 Meriz 24 Black goat) were selected weaning (90-120 days age) weighing 10.99 11.21kg, respectively from commercial goat farm used. After an adaptation period for week, both breeds randomly divided in to two groups, first was castrated, whereas second groups left in...