Diet selection and eating behaviour of lactating goats subjected to time restricted feeding in choice and single feeding system

Görgülü, Murat; Boğa, Mustafa; Şahi̇n, Ahmet; Serbester, Uğur; Kutlu, Hasan Rüştü; Sahinler, Suat

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.04.004

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“…When given the opportunity (e.g., ad libitum feed distribution), goats may eat up to 7 to 10 h/d (Ferreira et al, 2013): they generally feed during 2 long periods (4 h each; early and late in the daytime), with several small meals in between. On intensive dairy farms, goats usually receive restricted feed twice a day (Görgülü et al, 2008). This management procedure may alter nutritional condition (e.g., reduction in feed intake; Görgülü et al, 2008) and behavioral patterns (e.g., coping strategy; Jørgensen et al, 2007;Görgülü et al, 2008).…”

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“…On intensive dairy farms, goats usually receive restricted feed twice a day (Görgülü et al, 2008). This management procedure may alter nutritional condition (e.g., reduction in feed intake; Görgülü et al, 2008) and behavioral patterns (e.g., coping strategy; Jørgensen et al, 2007;Görgülü et al, 2008). Feed can be a limited resource because the amount of feed is restricted, or because the feed type and composition are not appropriate (e.g., the roughage:concentrate ratio is too low, therefore feed is consumed very quickly and competition is increased), or because feeding space is not accessible for all individuals in the group at the same time (Jørgensen et al, 2007;Görgülü et al, 2008).…”

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Invited review: Animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment for dairy goats

Battini

Vieira

Barbieri

et al. 2014

Journal of Dairy Science

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This paper reviews animal-based welfare indicators to develop a valid, reliable, and feasible on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats. The indicators were considered in the light of the 4 accepted principles (good feeding, good housing, good health, appropriate behavior) subdivided into 12 criteria developed by the European Welfare Quality program. We will only examine the practical indicators to be used on-farm, excluding those requiring the use of specific instruments or laboratory analysis and those that are recorded at the slaughterhouse. Body condition score, hair coat condition, and queuing at the feed barrier or at the drinker seem the most promising indicators for the assessment of the "good feeding" principle. As to "good housing," some indicators were considered promising for assessing "comfort around resting" (e.g., resting in contact with a wall) or "thermal comfort" (e.g., panting score for the detection of heat stress and shivering score for the detection of cold stress). Several indicators related to "good health," such as lameness, claw overgrowth, presence of external abscesses, and hair coat condition, were identified. As to the "appropriate behavior" principle, different criteria have been identified: agonistic behavior is largely used as the "expression of social behavior" criterion, but it is often not feasible for on-farm assessment. Latency to first contact and the avoidance distance test can be used as criteria for assessing the quality of the human-animal relationship. Qualitative behavior assessment seems to be a promising indicator for addressing the "positive emotional state" criterion. Promising indicators were identified for most of the considered criteria; however, no valid indicator has been identified for "expression of other behaviors." Interobserver reliability has rarely been assessed and warrants further attention; in contrast, short-term intraobserver reliability is frequently assessed and some studies consider mid- and long-term reliability. The feasibility of most of the reviewed indicators in commercial farms still needs to be carefully evaluated, as several studies were performed under experimental conditions. Our review highlights some aspects of goat welfare that have been widely studied, but some indicators need to be investigated further and drafted before being included in a valid, reliable, and feasible welfare assessment protocol. The indicators selected and examined may be an invaluable starting point for the development of an on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats.

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Invited review: Animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment for dairy goats

Battini

Vieira

Barbieri

et al. 2014

Journal of Dairy Science

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“…Restricting time of feeder access also can influence animal behavior and performance (Görgülü et al, 2008). For example, in the study of Gipson et al (2006) it was noted that DMI and ADG were slightly lower for 12 animals per automated feeder compared with 8 or 10.…”

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Effects of the number of animals per automated feeder and length and time of access on feed intake, growth performance, and behavior of yearling Boer goat wethers

Tsukahara

Gipson

Puchała

et al. 2014

Small Ruminant Research

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“…The productivity in ruminants directly depends on improving the efficiency of food substances utilization in the rumen. The optional feeding studies which were recently conducted, reported that the optional feeding is likely to improve the efficiency of food substances utilization in the rumen and provide the manipulation and optimization of rumen fermentation [25][26][27]. The animals which are fed optionally allow the optimization of rumen conditions and synchronization of rumen microorganisms, as well as animals' food substance needs, because animals are free to take feed whenever they need and in required quantities.…”

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Impacts of Stockbreeding on Global Warming

Durmuş¹,

Koluman²

2019

JESE-B

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The climate change is globally faced by the entire world and humanity with considerably negative impacts on people who live in undeveloped countries in terms of improvement and fighting poverty and who make production by using natural resources. The United Nations Development Fund prepared a Human Development Report on "Fighting Climate Change," indicating that there are almost 2.6 million poor people in the world will bear the brunt of climate change and ecological conditions. In this respect, emphasis must also be put on the need for considering the people whose source of income usually originates from animal production. In this sense, climate change poses an obstacle on success of the work which is conducted to achieve millennium development goals. The observable changes emerging in climate particularly increases in atmosphere temperature in some regions have an impact on biological life in many regions of the world. Animal production has been considerably intensified in order to meet animal protein deficit which is suffered by the increasing population. The impacts of conventional applications aimed at increasing productivity in animal production have been negative and the people's attention has started to focus on animal production with the global warming concept and Kyoto Protocol. The animal production might create negative effects on many aspects of environment such as air and water pollution, decrease in soil quality and biodiversity, as well as climate change. The aim of this paper to evaluate animal farming impacts on global warming. research field: animal science and small ruminant breeding of global warming and assuming the CO 2 effect as 1, 1 ton of methane corresponds to the effect of 23 tons of CO 2 , whereas 1 ton of N 2 O equals the effect of 296 tons of CO 2 [1]. The intensive emergence of mentioned gases, particularly methane, as a result of agricultural activities, caused people's attention to focus on this issue in the course of Kyoto Protocol.

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Diet selection and eating behaviour of lactating goats subjected to time restricted feeding in choice and single feeding system

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

Invited review: Animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment for dairy goats

Invited review: Animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment for dairy goats

Effects of the number of animals per automated feeder and length and time of access on feed intake, growth performance, and behavior of yearling Boer goat wethers

Impacts of Stockbreeding on Global Warming

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