Replacing ground Rhodes grass hay with soyhulls in the pelleted diet: effects on ingestive behavior, nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites, growth performance, and economic viability of intensive fattening Lohi lambs

Khan, Muhammad Zahoor; Rashid, Muhammad Afzal; Yousaf, Muhammad; Naveed, Saima; Mohsin, Imran; Rehman, Habib

doi:10.1007/s11250-023-03578-4

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“…The government of Pakistan has recently approved several projects to boost the existing growth practices of animal husbandry and created new plans by offering free animals to the poor and deserving families of the country [3,4]. This offering of "poor man cow" put some bright insights into the life standards of the landless farmers/laborers [5]. Dairy goat owners in Pakistan often confront several challenges like adaptation issues to the new environment when there is sparse provision of quality feeds especially during harsh environment, nevertheless, there is growing demand of goat milk locally which is assumed to be comparable to the human milk maintained confident expectations for the raising of dairy goats in Pakistan [6][7][8].…”

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Alimentary System of Native Goat Breeds of Pakistan

Sikandar,

Nasir

2023

Veterinary Medicine and Science

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Goat in Pakistan has been raised both for getting meat and milk with a total production of 748 tons of mutton and 965 tons of milk. In Pakistan, goat meat is the most preferred protein source among muttons. Goats possess a healthy alimentary canal and are mostly offered low-cost grazing land-grown roughage. A chain of tubular organs/tissues and allied glands are observed in the goat alimentary system. A healthy digestive system transforms the available nutrients after digestion and absorption into better growth performance. Only few reports available in literature focusing different local raising goat breeds, its feeding behavior, and the morphological structures of their guts. In this chapter, we tried to draw attention to the embryological development of the goat, the nutrition, and the gross/microscopic anatomy and physiology of gut, which is comprised of oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas. The histology of the mucosal structures is focused for better understanding because this tunic is in contact with the ingested food particles and is playing a key role in the process of digestion and absorption. Furthermore, health and clinical issues that can occur with goat alimentary systems are also highlighted in this chapter.

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