Crop-residue supplementation of pregnant does influences birth weight and weight gain of kids, daily milk yield but not the progesterone profile of Red Sokoto goats

Malau‐Aduli, Bunmi S.; Eduvie, L.O.; Lakpini, C. A. M.; Malau‐Aduli, A.E.O.

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“…Furthermore, [21,22] in their study reported that, the milk yield of local Egyptian goats ranges between 0.66 and 0.80 L/d; while in Greece, the milk yield of local breeds of goats ranges between 0.55-0.75 L/d [23]. In Nigeria, the milk yield of Sokoto Red goats (local breed) was reported to give 0.62 L/d [24], 0.14 L/d [25], and 0.42 L/d [14], respectively. These findings are comparable to the milk yield reported for non-descript goats as observed in this present study but, lesser when compared to those of Nguni and Boer goats which indicates that, the milk production of Nguni and Boer goats are more in terms of quantity than other local goat breeds from other countries.…”

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Yield and Milk Composition at Different Stages of Lactation from a Small Herd of Nguni, Boer, and Non-Descript Goats Raised in an Extensive Production System

2017

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This study was conducted to evaluate the yield and composition of milk from 30 indigenous South African goats of different genotypes, namely Nguni, Boer, and non-descript, reared under a free-ranging system. Milk yield and composition (milk fat, protein, lactose, solid non-fat, and minerals) from Nguni (10), Boer (10) and non-descript (10) goats were measured and analysed per week at each stage of lactation. Results showed that Nguni goats produced (1.2 ± 0.09, 1.3 ± 0.11 and 1.2 ± 0.07 L per day) more milk (p < 0.05) at early, mid-, and late stages of lactation than Boer (0.6 ± 0.10, 1.0 ± 0.17, and 0.6 ± 0.09 L per day) and non-descript (0.3 ± 0.10, 0.3 ± 0.12, and 0.3 ± 0.09 L per day) goats, respectively. The mean value of milk fat, protein, and lactose content from Nguni goats was 3.98, 3.54, and 5.31; Boer goats, 2.9, 3.59, and 5.04 and non-descript goats, 4.05, 3.39, and 5.02, respectively. There was a significant effect (p < 0.05) of genotypes on milk fat, milk magnesium, and sodium contents of Nguni, Boer, and non-descript goats. It could be concluded that Nguni goats produced more milk than Boer and non-descript goats, but the non-descript goat had a higher mean percentage of milk fat compared to Nguni and Boer goats.

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Yield and Milk Composition at Different Stages of Lactation from a Small Herd of Nguni, Boer, and Non-Descript Goats Raised in an Extensive Production System

2017

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“…It has been reported that parameters such as litter size, birth weight and growth rate of offspring from birth to weaning are some indices of reproductive performance [7]. The reproductive function and capacity of goats in the tropics are affected by several factors such as nutrition [8], season [3,9], genotype [5,10] and diseases [10,11]. It has been shown that the low reproductive performance of these animals in north-eastern Nigeria is implicated to the traditional husbandry system, where no special care is given to the breeding stock and hence their performance remains perpetually low [5].…”

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Evaluation of some factors influencing growth performance of local goats in Nigeria

Zahraddeen¹

2009

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

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This study was conducted at the Research Farm of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria to investigate some factors (breed, season, parity, sex, litter size and body condition score) affecting kids' growth performance at various ages. The daily weight gain (overall) of kids reveals non-significant breed effect whereas season, parity, sex, litter size and body condition score had significant (P<0.05) effects on the kids' daily weight gain. Kids born in the dry season had higher daily weight gain (98.95 + 4.65g) than those born in the wet season (88.15 + 5.31g). Similarly, kids born in the second (90.58 + 3.71g) and third (88.28 + 11.31g) parities gained higher weights daily than kids in the first (86.80 + 3.25g) parity. There were significant (P<0.05) sex and litter size effects on kids' daily weight gain. The male kids had higher daily weight gain than their female counterparts with respective values of 92.94 + 5.06 and 84.16 + 5.46g. Similarly, kids born single gained higher (90.06 + 4.03g) daily weights than those born as twins (87.04 + 6.58g). Kids from does with body condition score 4 had the highest (91.61+ 6.61g) daily weight gain followed by 3 (89.37 + 5.37g) and least value was observed in does with score 2 (84.67 + 4.95g). Kids' weights at various ages (birth, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days) showed significant (P<0.05) differences except for the effects of litter size (at birth, 60,90 and 120 days) and sex (at 30, 60 and 120 days of life). Similarly, kids' mean daily weight gains at various age intervals (birth -30, 31-60, 61-90 and 91-120 days) also showed significant (P<0.05) differences in these factors except for the effects of breed (at 61-90 days), sex (at birth -60 days), litter size ( 61-10 days) and parity ( 31-120 days of life). It is, therefore, concluded that large body size, good body condition, dry season, birth of male kid and single birth and high parity resulted in higher postnatal kid weight and daily weight gain. The Sahel goats are more promising than the other breeds in terms of their growth performance. Improvement of these breeds can be made through crossbreeding with better local or exotic breed. However, these local breeds can be successfully used for quality meat production and supply at an early stage of their life.

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“…It is a medium‐sized breed with reddish‐brown coat colour with a mature average live weight of 30 kg kept for its milk, meat and skin. Detailed descriptions of its milk composition (Malau‐Aduli and Anlade, 2002; Malau‐Aduli et al., 2003a), herd size (Gefu and Adu, 1982), production (Mathewman, 1980; Otchere et al., 1987), lactation (Ehoche and Buvanendran, 1983) and reproductive performance (Adu and Ngere, 1979; Malau‐Aduli et al., 2003b, 2004) have been documented. However, the production of these animals is limited by genetic and environmental factors such as nutrition, disease and their interactions that lead to poor reproductive performance.…”

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Influence of crop residue ration supplementation on the attainment of puberty and postpartum reproductive activities of Red Sokoto goats

Malau‐Aduli

Eduvie

Lakpini

et al. 2005

Animal Physiology Nutrition

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SummaryThe general objective of this study was to come up with an appropriate, affordable and locally available crop residue supplementation package that would enhance reproductive performance in small ruminants. Specifically, 28 Red Sokoto weaner does between 3 and 4 months of age weighing between 2 and 3 kg were used in the first experiment to determine the influence of crop residue supplementation on age and weight at puberty as determined by blood progesterone levels. In the second experiment, another 28 adult does ( ‡2 years old) of the same breed in the same flock with lactation numbers between 1 and 3 were used to determine the length of postpartum acyclic period. In both experiments, a 3 · 2 factorial experimental design comprising three dietary supplements (A, B, C) at two feeding levels (1% and 2% of body weight) fed in addition to a basal diet of Digitaria smutsii hay and natural pasture ad libitum with an unsupplemented negative control group (D) and four goats per treatment was utilized. In ration A, a conventional concentrate supplement consisting of maize, wheat offal, cottonseed cake and bonemeal was utilized; in rations B and C, the supplement consisted of guinea-corn bran, cowpea husk and groundnut haulms; and maize offal, groundnut shells and groundnut haulms respectively. Unsupplemented (ration D) weaner does reached puberty at a later age and had lighter body weights than all the others. Weaner does on ration 2A (concentrate fed at 2% of body weight) attained puberty at the earliest age and heaviest body weight, although the age at puberty was not significantly different from those on rations 1A (concentrate fed at 1% body weight), 1C and 2C. Blood progesterone profiles before and after puberty ranged from 0.05 to 9.0 ng/ml, respectively, and was highest in does fed rations A and C and least in the unsupplemented does. The mean interval between kidding and initiation of ovarian activity was 54.28 ± 17.61 days and the mean interval between kidding and conception was 63.04 ± 25.34 days. Only 25% of the unsupplemented does conceived again during the period under study compared with 100% in rations 1A, 2A, 1C and 2C; 75% in ration 2B and 50% in ration 1B. It was concluded that implementation of supplementary feeding in the dry season improves reproductive performance in the Red Sokoto doe. Furthermore, ration C, a crop residue-based ration, was a suitable dry season supplementation alternative to the expensive conventional concentrate ration for the smallholder goat farmer in the subhumid tropics of Nigeria.

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Crop-residue supplementation of pregnant does influences birth weight and weight gain of kids, daily milk yield but not the progesterone profile of Red Sokoto goats

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Yield and Milk Composition at Different Stages of Lactation from a Small Herd of Nguni, Boer, and Non-Descript Goats Raised in an Extensive Production System

Yield and Milk Composition at Different Stages of Lactation from a Small Herd of Nguni, Boer, and Non-Descript Goats Raised in an Extensive Production System

Evaluation of some factors influencing growth performance of local goats in Nigeria

Influence of crop residue ration supplementation on the attainment of puberty and postpartum reproductive activities of Red Sokoto goats

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