Effect of weaning age and feeding system on growth performance and carcass traits of male kids in three breeds in India

Nagpal, A. K.; Singh, Daljit; Prasad, V. S. S.; Jain, Preeti

doi:10.1016/0921-4488(95)00649-6

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“…At 6 months, like other postweaning ages, body weights of 10.63, 10.24 and 6.55 recorded for S, RS and WAD, respectively are lower than 14.60 kg and 16.50 kg recorded for Alpine and Saanen breeds respectively by Chawla et al (1984). Much higher value (23.29 kg) was also reported by Nagpal et al (1995). For Sirohi breed in India.…”

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confidence: 62%

Genetic And Environmental Factors Affecting Growth Traits Of Goats In Semi Arid Area Of Nigeria

Alade¹,

Mbap²,

Aliyu³

2008

Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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BSTRACT Growth performance of 194 kids of Sahel (S), Red Sokoto (RS) and West African Dwarf (WAD) breeds of goats from birth to 9 months of age was studied. Effect of breed was significant (p<0.001) with S (2.07kg-13.49kg) breed being heavier than RS (1.81kg-13.77kg) and WAD (1.42KG-8.63 kg) though they were comparable with RS at 9months. At all ages, WAD was the lightest. Seasonal effect showed that animals born in the wet season were significantly (p<0.001) heavier than those born in the dry season at the early ages, while those born in the dry cold were heavier at the late ages. Litter size and sex also affected body weights. Single birth (1.96kg-13.64kg) and male (1.88kg-12.64kg) kids had significantly heavier weights compared with multiple birth (1.66kg-12.33kg) and female (1.67kg-11.28kg) kid, respectively. Sahel (56.33g/day) and RS (56.22g/day) had similar preweaning average daily gain but, both gained more significantly (p<0.001) than WAD (35.31g/day). Red Sokoto, however gained more than S at postweaning stage, while WAD still had the lowest (p<0.001) gain. Effect of season on preweaning gain followed the same trend as body weights. Effect of parity, litter size and sex on rate of gain, which significantly (p<0.01) favoured 4 th parity, single and male kids respectively at the preweaning stage were not significant at the postweaning stages. The results of this study revealed that growth of Nigerian breeds of goats is generally low. Effort is required to provide standard environment, particularly at the preweanig stages, for improved productivity. In addition, before selection, adjustment in needed for any factors that affect performance.

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Section: Body Weightsmentioning

confidence: 62%

Genetic And Environmental Factors Affecting Growth Traits Of Goats In Semi Arid Area Of Nigeria

Alade¹,

Mbap²,

Aliyu³

2008

Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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“…In the studies that investigated the relationship between weaning time and growth performance it was emphasized that the weaning age of kids is an important factor for the lifetime productivity of goats. Nagpal et al (7) reported that age at weaning had a significant effect on body weight at the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th months and they observed that weaning at 60 days of age was more useful for farm profitability than at 90 days of age. Paez Lama et al (20) reported that body weights after the 90th day were similar in kids weaned at 30 and 60 days of age.…”

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“…It has been reported that early weaning increases the marketable quantity of milk without causing a negative impact on the growth of kids and thus provides economic benefits to the farm (7,8). Feeding milk to kids would be expensive when there is a great demand for milk and cheese.…”

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The effects of individual weaning based on birth weight on growth performance and milk yield in dairy goats

Gökdal¹,

Özuğur²,

Atay³

et al. 2017

Turk J Vet Anim Sci

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The aim of this study was to determine the effects of using birth weight of kids for weaning on growth and milk yield characteristics of Saanen and Alpine goats. A total of 24 does and their 40 kids were assigned to weaning groups when the kids reached three (X3) or four times (X4) their individual birth weights. The experimental design was a 2 × 2 factorial design with two weaning stages (X3 vs. X4) and two breeds (S: Saanen; A: Alpine). The averages of weaning age of the SX3, AX3, SX4, and AX4 kids were determined as 42.75, 42.21, 53.15, and 65.81 days, respectively. The weaning groups and the interaction between weaning and breed had effects (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively) on weaning age of the kids. The average daily weight gain before weaning was different in weaning groups (P < 0.001). On the contrary, the growth performances of the kids until breeding age were not different between groups. The milk yield characteristics of dams in groups were not different. The results indicated that weaning at a predetermined weight based on birth weight can be done successfully in dairy goats under intensive conditions.

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“…However, ADG was similar in all groups showing that lthose weaned with less weight did not have a catching up growth. As post-weaning growth of lambs depends on solid food intake as well as on their genetically potential for growth (NAGPAL et al, 1994), weaning weight is an important factor for later growing because the increase of live weight is reduced in relation to food intake when animals approach to maturity (THOMPSON & PARKS, 1983).…”

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Effects of weaning age and weight on lamb growth rate of Morada Nova breed raised in a tropical extensive production system

2008

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Effect of weaning age and feeding system on growth performance and carcass traits of male kids in three breeds in India

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Genetic And Environmental Factors Affecting Growth Traits Of Goats In Semi Arid Area Of Nigeria

Genetic And Environmental Factors Affecting Growth Traits Of Goats In Semi Arid Area Of Nigeria

The effects of individual weaning based on birth weight on growth performance and milk yield in dairy goats

Effects of weaning age and weight on lamb growth rate of Morada Nova breed raised in a tropical extensive production system

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