Article
Effect of concentrate supplementation levels on growth and slaughter characteristics of SEA and SEA × Norwegian goats under on-farm conditions.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Nov 2013
Hozza William A, Kifaro George C, Safari John G, Mushi Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
A 2 × 3 factorial experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of goat genotypes and different concentrate levels on growth and slaughter characteristics of Small East African × Norwegian crossbred (SEA × N) and Small East African (SEA) goats. The three concentrate levels were T0 (no access to concentrate), T66 (66 % access to ad libitum concentrate allowance) and T100 (100 % access to ad libitum concentrate...
Topics
- Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Crosses, Genetic
- Dietary Supplements
- Eating
- Genotype
- Goats
- Male
- Meat
- Random Allocation
