Effects of herbage intake on goat performance in the mediterranean type natural pastures

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dc.authoridSavaş, Türker/0000-0002-3558-2296
dc.contributor.authorHakyemez, Basri H.
dc.contributor.authorGokkus, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorSavaş, Türker
dc.contributor.authorYurtman, Ismail Y.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:45:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:45:35Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed at identifying changes in natural pastures during the grazing season and investigating the effects of these changes on pasture feeding potential for high yielding dairy goats. During the study, 12 dairy goats were grazed on a 1.5 ha natural pasture for three months from April to June in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The goats were fed 0.5 kg/day of concentrate as a supplement during the grazing season. Botanical composition, herbage production and intake, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents of the pasture were determined. Live weight, milk yield, milk dry matter (DM) and fat content of the goats were monitored. The data were analyzed using a linear model, which evaluated the effects of grazing seasons in each year. Based on the three-year average, 87% of pasture was herbaceous plants and the remaining was shrubs in DM basis with Cistus creticus, Quercus ithaburensis, Pistacia atlantica and Asparagus acutifolius being the major shrub species. The herbage yield in June was significantly lower than in other months in all years (P = 0.001). In all experimental years, the CP content of the pasture decreased but the structural carbohydrates increased as the grazing season proceeded. While live weight was not affected by grazing periods except for 2004 (P = 0.001), milk yield significantly decreased with advancing grazing period (P = 0.001). The results of the present study indicate that natural pasture has a supportive effect in April and May on the milk yield of lactating goats which are in mid-lactation, and suggested that supplementary feeding is required in consecutive grazing periods.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK [VHAG-1884]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK; Project No: VHAG-1884). The authors would like to thank Dr H. Kansur FIRINCIOGLU, Dr Mehmet MENDES and Dr Cengiz ATASOGLU for their help.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00592.x
dc.identifier.endpage40
dc.identifier.issn1344-3941
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid20163465
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-58649109165
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage34
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00592.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24641
dc.identifier.volume80
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000262634700005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
dc.relation.ispartofAnimal Science Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectbotanical composition
dc.subjectdairy goat
dc.subjectgrazing period
dc.subjectherbage yield
dc.subjectnatural pasture
dc.titleEffects of herbage intake on goat performance in the mediterranean type natural pastures
dc.typeArticle

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