China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 2523-2533.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.07.010

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Effects of Dietary Energy to Nitrogen Ratios on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Metabolism of Jianzhou Da'er Goats

FU Min, CHEN Tianbao, LAI Jingwen, OUYANG Yiting, CHEN Min, ZENG Hongliang   

  1. Sichuan Animal Sciences Academy, Animal Breeding and Genetics Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610000, China
  • Received:2021-12-07 Online:2022-07-05 Published:2022-06-29

Abstract: 【Objective】 The experiment was conducted to study the effects of complete pellet diet energy to nitrogen ratio (ME/N) and gender on growth performance, nutrient digestion and metabolism of Jianzhou Da'er goats in house feeding.【Method】 Using 2×4 two factors experimental design, 64 five-month-old healthy Jianzhou Da'er goats were selected,32 males (26.56 kg±2.96 kg) and 32 females (25.75 kg±2.46 kg) were randomly divided into 4 groups respectively, with 8 goats in each group, and they were fed complete pellet diets with the ME/N of 0.59, 0.51, 0.43 and 0.35,respectively. After 5 days transition and 10 days adaption, 30 days feeding trial were carried out, after that, 4 goats were selected in each group according to the average weight for a 11-day digestion and metabolism trial, the total collection of feces and urine was conducted for 4 days after a 7-day adaptation.【Results】 ①The ADG and DMI of the test goats were affected by ME/N significantly (P<0.05), and ADG was the hightest (259 g/d±58 g/d) when ME/N was 0.43. ADG and DMI in test rams were significantly higher than those in ewes (P<0.05). There was a significant interaction between dietary ME/N level and gender on DMI (P<0.05). ②UE was increased significantly (P<0.05), GEI, FE, DE and apparent digestibility of GE had no significant difference (P>0.05) with the decrease of ME/N. GEI,FE and DE in test rams were significantly higher than those in ewes (P<0.05).③NI and N apparent digestibility were significantly increased with the decrease of dietary ME/N (P<0.05). NI,NR,NPU and BV in test rams were significantly higher than those in ewes (P<0.05). ④The apparent digestibility of EE and ADF increased first and then decreased (P<0.05), while the others had no significant change (P>0.05) with the decrease of ME/N. The apparent digestibility of DM, P, ADF and NDF in test rams were higher than that in ewes (P<0.05). There was no significant interaction between dietary ME/N level and gender on nutrient apparent digestibility (P>0.05).【Conclusion】 When the dietary energy concentrations were the same, reducing ME/N (increasing N concentration) appropriately could improve the growth performance of Jianzhou Da'er goats during growing-fattening period, but continuously reducing ME/N could not improve the growth performance, nutrient digestion and metabolism of the goats. Under this experimental conditions, the complete pellet diet with an ME/N of 0.43 was more suitable. Rams had better digestion and metabolism of nutrients and growth performance than ewes during the growth and fattening period.

Key words: energy to nitrogen ratio; Jianzhou Da'er goats; apparent digestibility; energy metabolism; nitrogen metabolism

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