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Effects of Different Nutritional Levels of Diet on the Growth Performance and Organ Indexes in Fattening Hainan Black Goats

WANG Ding-fa1,2, ZHOU Lu-li1,2, LI Mao1,2, ZHOU Han-lin1,2, HOU Guan-yu1,2, SHI Li-guang1,2, GUAN Song1,2, HUANG Xian-zhou1,2   

  1. 1. Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China;
    2. Institute of Tropical Grassland and Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China
  • Received:2012-10-08 Online:2013-02-20 Published:2013-02-06

Abstract: This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different nutritional levels of concentrate supplementation on the growth performance and organ indexes in Hainan Black goats of three-month-old. The experiment was a 2?3 factorial design. Twenty four lambs with the weight of (10.56?1.28)kg were randomly assigned to 6 treatments with 4 replicates in each treatment of 1 lamb per replicate. The 6 treatment groups were shown as follows:concentrate supplementation with 15% CP and 11.72 MJ/kg DE,15% CP and 12.55 MJ/kg DE,15% CP and 13.39 MJ/kg DE,17% CP and 11.72 MJ/kg DE,17% CP and 12.55 MJ/kg DE,and 17% CP and 13.39 MJ/kg DE. The experiment lasted for 90 days. The results showed that different crude protein levels in concentrate supplementation had significant effect on average daily gain (ADG) (P<0.05). Goats fed concentrate supplementation with 17% crude protein had the higher ADG and the lower feed intake/ body gain (F/G) (P<0.05). Different crude protein and digestive energy levels had no significant effects on organ indexes of heart,liver,spleen,lung,kidney and stomach in goats (P>0.05). The organ indexes of intestine reduced with increasing digestive energy levels in concentrate supplementation (P<0.05). The results demonstrated that different crude protein and digestive energy levels in concentrate supplementation had significant effects on ADG,F/G and organ indexes and weight of intestine for Hainan Black of three-month-old, while for other organ indexes had no effects (P>0.05).

Key words: Hainan Black goats; diet nutritional levels; growth performance; organ indexes

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