Evaluation of Tithonia diversifolia Hemsl. A Gray as a supplement in the feeding of dairy goats

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awduron: Rodríguez-Segura, Alexander, Camacho-Cascante, Isabel, Alpízar-Naranjo, Andrés, Castillo-Umaña, Miguel Ángel
Fformat: artículo original
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2025
Disgrifiad:The research was conducted at the Santa Lucía Experimental Farm of the National University of Costa Rica. Six adult Saanen goats were used in a 3x3 Latin square design, replicated in two squares and balanced for residual effects. The goats were fed a diet based on Pennisetum purpureum, molasses, minerals, and rice semolina. Three treatments were evaluated: T0 (P. purpureum + 1.04 kg of dry matter (DM) of balanced feed (BF)); T25 (P. purpureum+ 0.78 kg DM of BF + 0.25 kg DM of T. diversifolia), and T50 (P. purpureum + 0.52 kg DM of BF + 0.45 kg DM of T. diversifolia). Dry matter intake (DMI), milk production, bromatological quality, and diet costs were evaluated. DMI of 1.58, 1.73, and 1.67 kg was obtained in treatments T0, T25, and T50, respectively. T25 showed the best productive response with 2.22 kg of milk per day and a fat content of 4.34%. Treatment T50 reached the highest levels of total solids (TS), non-fat solids (NFS), and protein, 12.39, 7.95, and 3.02, respectively. The costs required to produce one kilogram of milk varied between 22.3 and 24.2 cents, with T50 showing better economic performance.
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Sefydliad:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/perspectivasrurales/article/view/21060
Allweddair:small ruminants
milk production
milk quality
rumiantes menores
producción de leche
calidad de leche
ruminantes menores
produção de leite
qualidade do leite