Production Potential of a Natural Pasture Compared to a Wheat Pasture, Both Grazed by Lactating Goats under Mediterranean Climate Conditions

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dc.authoridSavaş, Türker/0000-0002-3558-2296
dc.contributor.authorHakyemez, Basri Hakan
dc.contributor.authorGokkus, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorYurtman, Ismail Yaman
dc.contributor.authorSavas, Tuerker
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:31:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:31:28Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to extend the grazing period using a wheat pasture that produced high quality forage, and to compare the productivity of natural and wheat pastures for grazing goats during a 3-year period (2003-2005) in a Mediterranean zone of Turkey. Twelve 3-4-year-old Saanen goats were allocated to each pasture (10 goats ha(-1)). Pastures were grazed for 2 months (May and June) in 2003 and for 3 months (April, May, and June) in 2004 and 2005. In the study, pasture yield and hay intake, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) content of the hay, and milk yield and milk fat percentage were determined. Pasture yield was significantly affected by pasture type (P < 0.001) for each year and the wheat pasture (5.34-6.51 t ha(-1)) yielded approximately 3.5-fold more hay than the natural pasture (1.48-1.88 t ha-1). Goats in the wheat pasture consumed significantly more forage in 2003 (P = 0.015), 2004 (P < 0.001), and 2005 (P < 0.001). Average hay intake in the wheat pasture ranged between 2.32 +/- 0.27 and 2.53 +/- 0.27 kg d(-1) in 2003, 1.42 +/- 0.26 and 3.35 +/- 0.26 kg d(-1) in 2004, and 2.69 +/- 0.25 and 3.33 +/- 0.25 kg d(-1) in 2005, whereas it ranged between 1.54 +/- 0.27 and 1.95 +/- 0.27 kg d(-1) in 2003, 0.79 +/- 0.26 and 1.79 +/- 0.26 kg d(-1) in 2004, and 0.81 +/- 0.25 and 1.60 +/- 0.25 kg d(-1) in 2005 in the natural pasture. Most of the interactions between pasture type and grazing month were statistically significant in terms of the CP, NDF, and ADF content of the pasture samples. In the first months CP content of the hay in the wheat pasture was higher than in the natural pasture, whereas this was reversed, especially in June. In addition, NDF and ADF content were not similar to CP content. In general, daily milk yield of the goats grazed on the wheat pasture was higher than that of those grazed on the natural pasture throughout the study. Milk yield was consistent with hay intake and milk fat percentage was inversely related to milk yield during the study. It was concluded that the wheat pasture had better potential for supplying nutrients to lactating dairy goats than did the natural pasture in spring.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [VHAG-1884]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Project No: VHAG-1884). We thank Dr. Cengiz ATASOGLU, Dr. Mehmet MENDES and Dr. Hakan TURHAN for their help.
dc.identifier.endpage511
dc.identifier.issn1300-011X
dc.identifier.issn1303-6173
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-63449131598
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage501
dc.identifier.trdizinid80588
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/80588
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23158
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000260912500005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectPasture type
dc.subjectpasture yield
dc.subjecthay intake
dc.subjectmilk yield
dc.subjectgoat
dc.titleProduction Potential of a Natural Pasture Compared to a Wheat Pasture, Both Grazed by Lactating Goats under Mediterranean Climate Conditions
dc.typeArticle

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