Nursing, suckling and postpartum anoestrus of creole goats kidding in January in subtropical Mexico

Delgadillo, J.A.; Poindron, Pascal; Krehbiel, Dwight; Duarte, Gerardo; Rosales, Eduardo Barahona

doi:10.1016/s0168-1591(97)00038-5

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“…The suckling frequency was thereby doubled in T8 treatments, compared to T16, which shows that the kids compensated their milk intake during the shorter period together. The suckling behaviour appeared to vary greatly between individuals (Delgadillo, 1997; Cameron, 1998), even within the same treatment. Dams and kids seemed to adapt to the treatments differently, where only 5 of 12 kids suckled more times during 16 h compared to 8 h, while the rest (7/12 kids) suckled more or equal times during shorter period together (T8), compared to T16.…”

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Milk processing quality of suckled/milked goats: effects of milk accumulation interval and milking regime

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Dahlborn

Hydbring-Sandberg

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Journal of Dairy Research

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Milk with a high concentration of fat and casein is required for cheese production, and these components have a major impact for both quality and yield of the curd. Recent observations have shown that suckling can elevate milk fat concentration in goats and our aim was therefore to check the hypothesis that animal welfare and cheese-processing properties of goat milk could be optimised by appropriate management of suckled/milked goats. Twelve Swedish dairy goats were kept together with one kid each in 4 different mixed management-systems (milking combined with partial suckling) in a cross-over design. Two milk accumulation intervals were tested; Short = dams and kids were together for 16 h (T16) and Long = ; dams and kids were together for 8 h (T8 h). In addition, two milking regimes were used; Suckled Before Milking = S and Milked Before Suckling = M. Milk accumulation interval referred to how long dams and kids were separated. The milk yield available for processing (milk offtake), was weighed and analysed from each milking occasion and the suckled milk yield was estimated by a weigh-suckle-weigh method (WSW) in combination with observing the suckling behaviour during the free suckling periods. Milking managements, such as 'suckling before milking (S)', increased milk fat concentration compared to milking before suckling (M) and 'Short accumulation treatments (T16)' gave higher milk fat, casein concentration and individual curd yield (%) compared to the 'Long accumulation treatment (T8)'. The total individual curd yield (g) was the same despite treatment, but the animal welfare was most likely higher in T16 where dams and kids spent more time together.

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Milk processing quality of suckled/milked goats: effects of milk accumulation interval and milking regime

Högberg

Dahlborn

Hydbring-Sandberg

et al. 2016

Journal of Dairy Research

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“…In the present experiment nursing allowed a milk production equivalent to that obtained with twice daily milking, thus allowing kids to be reared without significant loss in milk collection. In addition, the absence of a difference in milk production at day 37 between mothers kept permanently with their kids (in which nursing occurs at about hourly intervals) (Lé vy and Alexandre, 1985;Delgadillo et al, 1997;Herná ndez, 2001) and mothers where interactions were restricted to 10 or even 5 h/day, indicates that as little as 5 h of motheryoung interactions are sufficient to promote an adequate evacuation and udder stimulation for optimal milk synthesis and production.…”

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“…This may well be the case, given their early hiding behaviour and the initially low suckling rhythms associated with it (Rudge, 1970;Coblentz, 1974;McDougall, 1975;Lickliter, 1984). However, such an adaptation may be more stressful after the 1st week of life, since these suckling frequencies are much higher from the 2nd week post partum onwards (Lé vy and Alexandre, 1985;Delgadillo et al, 1997). Therefore, imposing a limited time of daily mother-kid interaction with one daily milking may allow some increase of milk collected in traditional management systems found in Mexico and other developing countries.…”

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Effects of restricted nursing on milk production and collection, kid growth and plasma prolactin and growth hormone concentrations in dairy goats

Hernández

Delgadillo

Flores

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The milk production of dairy goats under various regimes of mother-young contact from day 4 post partum were studied during the first 2 months of lactation, together with the prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) responses to udder stimulation. In the control group, 13 goats and their kids were left in permanent contact and did not undergo milking. In two additional groups, goats were machine milked once a day in the morning (at 0800 h) and kids were allowed 10 hours (from 1000 to 2000 h; 10H group, n = 11) or 5 h (from 1000 to 2000 h; 5H group, n = 11) of mother-young interaction per day. In the last group (MO, n = 10), mothers were permanently separated from their kids on day 4 post partum and milked once a day. Milk production during a 24-h period at 37 days post partum performed by controlled nursing and weighing of the kids (groups with kids) or by two machine milking 12 h apart (milking only group) revealed a higher production in the three groups with some mother-young contact than in the MO group. Total milk collected by milking over the 2 months of the study did not differ between the three groups that underwent milking. Kid weights at 2 months were 3.4 to 4.8 kg. lighter in the groups that underwent milking than in the control group. Hormonal profiles were significantly affected by restricted mother-young contact, with highest pre-stimulation concentrations of PRL and GH in the 5H group. Restricting mother-young contact from the first week postpartum can permit an early collection of milk without major effects on kid growth, when compared with one daily milking in goats totally separated from their young.

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Nursing, suckling and postpartum anoestrus of creole goats kidding in January in subtropical Mexico

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Milk processing quality of suckled/milked goats: effects of milk accumulation interval and milking regime

Milk processing quality of suckled/milked goats: effects of milk accumulation interval and milking regime

Effects of restricted nursing on milk production and collection, kid growth and plasma prolactin and growth hormone concentrations in dairy goats

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