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Milk yield in Creole goats fed grass/forage tree silage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J Sol ,
FJ Solorio-Sanchéz  and
CA Sandoval-Castro
J Sol
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci. – Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
FJ Solorio-Sanchéz
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci. – Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
CA Sandoval-Castro
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci. – Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
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In tropical smallholding, goats are a common source of milk either for sale of self-consumption. Concentrates are commonly use to support milk production during the dry season where many trees shed their leaves and are no longer available for feeding. Silage making might be an adequate technology for using forage trees as quality supplements along the year. Few studies have been conducted with forage tree silages to evaluate the resultant animal performance especially regarding milk production. The objective of the present experiment was to evaluate milk production and quality of milk of goats fed grass and supplemented with grains or forage tree silage.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 140
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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