Variability in growth rates of goat kids on 16 New Zealand dairy goat farms

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dc.citation.volume76
dc.contributor.authorDeeming LE
dc.contributor.authorBeausoleil NJ
dc.contributor.authorStafford KJ
dc.contributor.authorWebster JR
dc.contributor.authorZobel G
dc.date.available2016-07-07
dc.date.issued2016-07-07
dc.description.abstractAverage daily weight gains (ADG) in early life are associated with health, welfare and future production potential of dairy animals. While this has yet to be established for goats, research in cows demonstrates a positive relationship between growth in early life and milk production (Shamay et al. 2005, Soberon et al. 2012). Early growth rates are largely determined by the management practices from birth onwards. It is therefore unsurprising that large differences in ADG under different management systems have been reported. In lambs, Mahgoub et al. (2000) reported a large range in ADG (84-154 g/day). Similarly, in calves, Bartlett et al. (2006) reported ADGs ranging from 251 g/day to 703 g/day. The ADGs reported in goats have not been as variable (152-170 g/day: Galina et al. 1995; 167-173 g/day: Goetsch et al. 2001); however, these were small, controlled studies. To our knowledge, no research has yet quantified variability in the ADG of goat kids on a large, multi-farm scale. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the variation in growth rates on multiple dairy goat farms in the Waikato region of NZ, providing a benchmark for dairy goat farmers.
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dc.format.extent137 - 138 (2)
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016, 76 pp. 137 - 138 (2)
dc.identifier.elements-id280010
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1176-5283
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society of Animal Production
dc.relation.isPartOfProceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production
dc.relation.urihttp://www.nzsap.org/system/files/proceedings/%2338%20Deeming.pdf
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
dc.subjectdairy goats
dc.subjectweaning
dc.subjectaverage daily gain
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subject.anzsrc0702 Animal Production
dc.titleVariability in growth rates of goat kids on 16 New Zealand dairy goat farms
dc.typeJournal article
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