Effect of weaning on behavior and serum parameters in dairy goat kids

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dc.authoridSavaş, Türker/0000-0002-3558-2296
dc.authoridAtasoglu, Cengiz/0000-0003-3207-1068
dc.contributor.authorAtasoglu, Cengiz
dc.contributor.authorYurtman, Ismail Yaman
dc.contributor.authorSavas, Tuerker
dc.contributor.authorGultepe, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Omer
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:11:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed at investigating the effects of weaning kids abruptly at an average of 55 13 days of age on intake, behavioral and serum parameters and, lasted for a total of six weeks; two weeks pre-weaning and four weeks post-weaning. Sixteen single kids with equal gender were used. Kids were only allowed to stay with their mothers for suckling (45 min/period) both in the morning and in the evening period during pre-weaning. Grower concentrate and hay were offered ad libitum. The duration of the study was divided into three periods for the sampling of behavioral and serum parameters; (i) pre-weaning period lasting for two weeks (P-BW) (ii) early post-weaning period lasting for one week (P-AW1) and (iii) late post-weaning period lasting for three weeks (P-AW2). Daily weight gain of kids gradually decreased as the observation period progressed (P = 0.001). However concentrate, feed intake increased from 0.154 kg/day in P-BW to 0.479 kg/day in P-AW1 and 0.499 kg/day in P-AW2, Water intake, rumination and standing behaviors decreased in P-AW2 (P < 0.001), whereas activity towards concentrate feed (CF) (P < 0.001) and roughage (P = 0.012) increased as compared to P-BW and P-AW1. Abnormal oral activity was not affected by the periods (P = 0.906). CF was significantly higher in females (P = 0.003), whereas males displayed higher lying behavior (P = 0.007). Glucose, total protein, Urea, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol concentrations (P = 0.001) and ALP activity (P = 0.003) were significantly affected by the periods. The results of the present study suggest that behavioral and serum parameters across the periods describe changes in the nutritional conditions as a result of the transition from milk to solid feed in association with weaning.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00547.x
dc.identifier.endpage442
dc.identifier.issn1344-3941
dc.identifier.issn1740-0929
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-48249098865
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage435
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00547.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/20731
dc.identifier.volume79
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000258917300003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofAnimal Science Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectbehavior
dc.subjectgoat kid
dc.subjectserum biochemistry
dc.subjectweaning
dc.titleEffect of weaning on behavior and serum parameters in dairy goat kids
dc.typeArticle

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