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Protein and energy metabolism of lactating Granadina goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. F. Aguilera ,
C. Prieto  and
J. FonollÁ
J. F. Aguilera
Affiliation:
Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), 18008 Granada, Spain
C. Prieto
Affiliation:
Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), 18008 Granada, Spain
J. FonollÁ
Affiliation:
Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), 18008 Granada, Spain
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Twelve goats of the Granadina breed in mid- and late lactation were used in two consecutive years to determine their protein and energy requirements for lactation. The animals were individually fed on diets based on pelleted lucerne (Medicago sativa) hay and barley. A total of six balance experiments were carried out. Gas exchange was measured using open-circuit respiration chambers. Milk yield ranged widely from 0.649 to 1.742 kg/d in the first year and from 0.222 to 1.989 kg/d in the second year, a steady decline in milk output being observed as lactation progressed. Milk composition remained rather constant during the midstage of lactation, with an average content (/kg milk) for total solids, total nitrogen, fat and gross energy of 149.7 g, 5.39 g, 58.8 g and 3.59 MJ respectively. Total endogenous N, endogenous urinary N and maintenance requirement for N in lactating goats were estimated to be 244, 218 mg N/kg body-weight (W)0.75 per d and 478 mg total N/kg W0.75 per d respectively from regression equations. A constant efficiency of use of dietary N for milk N plus retained N of 51.0 % was found. By regressing milk energy plus apparent body energy retention or loss on metabolizable energy (ME) intake, the maintenance energy requirement was estimated to be 401 kJ ME/kg W0.79 per d. When estimating the corrected milk yield as milk energy +(0.84 x negative energy retention) +(1.05 x positive energy retention), regression analysis indicated that the overall efficiency of use of ME for lactation was 66.7%. Also, from a plot of apparent body energy retention v milk energy yield, both expressed as a percentage of ME intake above maintenance, the efficiency with which ME was used to promote energy retention in the body during lactation was calculated to be 0.907 times that for milk secretion.

Keywords

Energy metabolismProtein metabolismGoats
Type
Energy metabolism and Requirements
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , March 1990 , pp. 165 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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