Formulation and testing of a whey-based kid goat's milk replacer

Tacchini, Fabio M.; Rébora, Cecilia; Bosch, Silvia Van den; Gascón, Alejandro; Pedrani, Mirta

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.03.004

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“…On the basis of live weight recorded throughout the experimental period, NM growth rate showed a steady pattern whereas, during the first two weeks, AR kids had lower gains in comparison with NM. Weight gains of AR were higher than those recorded by Yeom et al (2003) in Dutch White kids, and similar to those recorded for artificially fed Saanen × Criollo kids (Tacchini et al, 2006). On the other hand, average weight gains calculated on the whole period of the trial were similar between the treatments (127 g/d for NM and 140 g/d for AR, data not shown); this result could be considered as positive because in the study by Argüello et al (2007) artificially fed kids have significantly lower weight gains than the group naturally fed by their dams.…”

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The effect of cold acidified milk replacer on productive performance of suckling kids reared in an extensive farming system

Vacca

Pazzola

Piras

et al. 2014

Small Ruminant Research

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The effect of cold acidified milk replacer on productive performance of suckling kids reared in an extensive farming system

Vacca

Pazzola

Piras

et al. 2014

Small Ruminant Research

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“…The highest glucose level in all kids at the beginning of the experiment is associated with intake of milk with a high lactose content -average 4.1% (Park et al 2007), while the subsequent decrease is due to the intensive growth of animals and increasing energy demand. Similar results of glucose level in correlation with the age were also described by other authors (Tacchini et al 2006). A statistically significant difference in glucose concentration between the groups at the end of the experiment should be explained by reduced appetite and poorer feed intake of kids with muscular dystrophy.…”

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Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Sobiech

Żarczyńska

2020

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The research was conducted on 40 young alpine goats (kids) divided into two groups. First group consisted of 20 kids demonstrating clinical signs of muscular dystrophy. Second group was a control and consisted of 20 animals that received intramuscular injection (2ml per animal) of vitamin E and selenium preparation containing in 1ml 50 mg of tocopherol acetate, 0.5mg of sodium selenite and solvent on 2 nd day of life. The kids were clinically examined and blood for laboratory analyses was sampled three times from day 5 of their life in 10 day intervals. In addition, six 24 days old kids demonstrating clinical signs of muscular dystrophy and six control kids were subjected to biceps femoris biopsy.Serum total protein, glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol as well as AST, CK and LDH were determined in all the animals. In addition, the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) was determined in whole blood and serum concentrations of selenium and vitamin E were determined in 6 kids from each group. Total lactate dehydrogenase activity and its separation into isoenzymatic fractions were determined in the collected biopsy material. The muscle samples collected were additionally subjected to histopathological examination consisting of HE staining and HBFP staining to detect necrotic muscle fibers.Symptoms of muscular dystrophy began to appear in the first group between 17 and 23 days of age and included tremors of the limbs, poor posture, stilt gait and increased time of laying. The control animals did not show any symptoms of the disease during the experiment. Hypoproteinemia, hypoglycemia, cholesterol reduction and elevated triglycerides level associated with lipolysis of adipose tissue have been found in the sick kids. A significant decrease in selenium, vitamin E and activity of glutathione peroxidase levels was observed in the kids with symptoms of muscular dystrophy. The activity of AST, CK and LDH was significantly higher in the animals with symptoms of the disease as well. Five isoenzymes were obtained in the electrophoretic separation of lactate dehydrogenase into isoenzymatic fractions in the muscle tissue. LDH 4 and LDH 5 isoenzymes were dominating, and a significant increase in LDH 5 fraction of the sick animals was also observed. Histopathological examination of muscle samples from sick animals revealed changes characteristic for the presence of Zenker necrosis.

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“…New advances in milk replacer formulations are currently under way. Tacchini et al (2006) reduced the use of cow milk to 15%, and our group is introducing seaweed into formulations with encouraging preliminary results.…”

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Effect of early nutrition on carcass and meat quality of young goats under milk production systems.

Argüello¹,

Castro²,

Sánchez-Macías³

et al. 2011

Goat Meat Production and Quality

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Goat kids in intensive dairy goat farms are usually reared on milk replacers, due to farmers' desire to use all the milk for commercial purposes or cheese-making. In this chapter, growth, carcass and meat quality characteristics of goat kids fed milk replacers are studied in depth in comparison with kids reared naturally on goat milk. 14.3. Goat kid growth under goat milk or milk replacer diets The goat is an important source of meat in Africa, Asia and the Far East. It is now emerging as an alternative and attractive source of meat in other parts of the world. With milk goat breeds, kids are usually reared on milk replacers, so that all milk produced can be sold as fresh milk or processed into dairy products as cheese or yogurt. Young kids have to be routinely fed milk replacers. 14.3.1. Growth curves Growth in farm animals in general, and goats in particular, is usually represented by an exponential curve. However, observations during the first month of life have shown a better statistical fit to a linear regression (Argüello et al., 2004). Growth curves of kids reared during the first month of life under NS, ALAR and RAR systems are shown in Fig. 14.1 (Argüello et al., 2004). NS kids have a significantly higher average daily gain (ADG) than ALAR and RAR kids (Pérez et al., 2001; Argüello et al., 2004), and ALAR kids have a significantly higher ADG than RAR kids (Argüello et al. 2004). The higher ADG in NS kids is caused by the higher digestibility of components in goat milk than in milk replacers because the goat milk curd stays longer in the abomasum than the milk replacer curd (Sanz Sampelayo et al., 1990; Baumrucker and Blum, 1993). Baumrucker and Blum (1993) found that dams' milk has a growth promoter that is not present in milk replacers, which could explain the higher ADG in NS kids. NS kids growth rates ranged from 140 to 200 g/day in different breeds such as Majorera (Argüello et al., 2004), Verata (Fariña et al., 1989) and Damascus (Louca et al., 1977). Some authors have attributed the higher growth rate to a higher feed intake capacity in kids raised ad libitum (Sanz Sampelayo et al., 1987; Yan et al., 1993).

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Formulation and testing of a whey-based kid goat's milk replacer

Cited by 6 publications

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The effect of cold acidified milk replacer on productive performance of suckling kids reared in an extensive farming system

The effect of cold acidified milk replacer on productive performance of suckling kids reared in an extensive farming system

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Effect of early nutrition on carcass and meat quality of young goats under milk production systems.

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