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(Published online:
15-06-2015)
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Enhancement of growth performance in pre-weaning suckling Boer
kids supplemented with creep feed containing alfalfa
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Nay Naing
Htoo, Aung Tun Khaing, Yusuf Abba, Nwe Nwe Htin, Jesse Faaz
Firdaus Abdullah, Than Kyaw, Mohd Azam Khan Goriman Khan and Mohd
Azmi Mohd Lila
Veterinary World, 8(6): 718-722
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2015.718-722
Nay
Naing Htoo:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; naynanghtoo@yahoo.com
Aung
Tun Khaing:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; khaing@umk.edu.my
Yusuf
Abba:
Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, 43400 UPM
Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; yabbavet@gmail.com
Nwe Nwe
Htin:
Faculty of Agro Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
Ketantan, 16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; nwe.htin@umk.edu.my
Jesse
Faaz Firdaus Abdullah:
Research Centre for Ruminant Disease, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor,
Malaysia; jesseariasamy@gmail.com
Than
Kyaw:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; than@umk.edu.my
Mohd
Azam Khan Goriman Khan:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; azamkhan.dr@gmail.com
Mohd
Azmi Mohd Lila:
Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, 43400 UPM
Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
azmi@upm.edu.my
Received:
12-01-2015, Revised: 22-04-2015, Accepted: 30-04-2015, Published
online: 15-06-2015
Corresponding author:
Mohammed Azam Khan Goriman Khan, e-mail: azamkhan.dr@gmail.com
Citation:
Htoo NN, Khaing AT,
Abba Y, Htin NN, Abdullah JFF, Kyaw T, Goriman Khan MAK, Lila MAM
(2015) Enhancement of growth performance in pre-weaning suckling
Boer kids supplemented with creep feed containing alfalfa,
Veterinary World 8(6): 718-722.
Abstract
Aim: This study examined the
effects of creep feed (CF) supplementation (with or without
Alfalfa) on the pre-weaning growth performance of nursing goat
kids.
Materials and Methods: A total of forty eight (48), 7 days
old, single born kids (live weight 4.4±0.09 kg) were divided into
three treatment groups, each containing eight males and eight
females. All three groups had access to their dams’ milk (DM). The
kids from the first treatment group had free access to CF
containing alfalfa (CFA) while those from the second group had
free access to CF without alfalfa. The third treatment group
(control) had access to their DM only. All three groups were kept
isolated from the dams from 800 to 1200 h and from 1400 to 1800 h
while having access to CF.
Results: Total weight gain and average daily gain of kids from
CFA group (11.2±0.36 kg, 145.2±4.64 g) was significantly higher
(p<0.05) than kids from CF (7.9±0.49 kg, 102.9±6.43 g) and DM
(5.5±0.43 kg, 71.1±5.56 g) groups. The weaning weight of kids from
CFA group (15.6±0.39 kg) was significantly higher (p<0.05) than
those from CF (12.1±0.56 kg) and DM (9.9±0.59 kg) groups.
Conclusion: This result shows that supplementation of CF
combined with alfalfa from birth to weaning enhances growth
performance of cross-bred Boer goat kids.
Keywords: boer, creep feed, growth performance, pre-weaning,
alfalfa.
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