NCSU: Animal Science - Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management: Table 6

Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management

Table 6

Table 6. Chemical components and digestibility of goat and sheep ingesta, intake, weight change and grazing days for sheep and goats ^a

Animal Species

Item Goats Sheep SEM P <

Chemical Component, %

CP 16.4 16.2 0.4 NS

NDF 46.0 42.2 1.7 NS

ADL 5.3 5.0 0.2 NS

IVDMD, % 59.9 65.0 1.5 .10

Intake, % BW 2.5 2.4 0.2 NS

Weight change, kg -0.27 -2.2 0.9 NS

Grazing days ^b 60.6 77.4 0.7 .01

^a Adapted from Arbogast et al. (1990).

^b Mean number of animal grazing days

Return to Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management
Return to EAH Meat Goats Home
Return to Extension Animal Husbandry Home
Return to Department of Animal Science Home

Last modified October 1998
EAH Webmaster, Department of Animal Science, NCSU

Table 6. Chemical components and digestibility of goat and sheep ingesta, intake, weight change and grazing days for sheep and goats ^a
		Animal Species
Item		Goats	Sheep	SEM	P <
Chemical Component, %
	CP	16.4	16.2	0.4	NS
	NDF	46.0	42.2	1.7	NS
	ADL	5.3	5.0	0.2	NS
IVDMD, %		59.9	65.0	1.5	.10
Intake, % BW		2.5	2.4	0.2	NS
Weight change, kg		-0.27	-2.2	0.9	NS
Grazing days ^b		60.6	77.4	0.7	.01
^a Adapted from Arbogast et al. (1990).
^b Mean number of animal grazing days