EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION AND PARASITIC INFECTION ON PRODUCTIVITY OF THAI NATIVE AND CROSS-BRED FEMALE WEANER GOATS I. GROWTH, PARASITE INFESTATION AND BLOOD CONSTITUENTS

• Published in: Asian-australasian journal of animal sciences Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 547 - 554
• Main Authors: Pralomkarn, W, Kochapakdee, S, Choldumrongkul, S, Saithanoo, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Anglo-Nubian Cross-Bred; Thai Goat; Drenching; Supplementation; Feeding
• ISSN: 1011-2367; 1976-5517

This paper presents the effects of supplementary feeding and internal parasites on the growth rates of female weaner goats raised under improved management. A completely randomized $3{\times}3{\times}2$ factorial design was used. Factors were genotype (Thai native: TN, 75% TN $\times$ 25% Anglo-Nubian: An and 50% TN $\times$ 50% AN), feeding grazing only, low (1.0% BW/d) and high (1.5% BW/d) supplementation and parasite control (undrenched and drenched). It was shown that native goats had significantly (p<0.05) higher growth rates than did the cross-bred goats from 12-24 weeks of the trial. The growth rate of goats grazing improved pasture depended on the amount of concentrate offered as a supplement. There was no significant difference in growth rates between undrenched and drenched goats. There was no interaction effect on growth rates between the treatments. Drenched goats had significantly (p<0.01) lower egg counts per gram of gastro-intestinal nematode than did undrenched goats. There was no significant difference between the treatments for blood constituents (total protein, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, eosinophils, lymphocytes, monocytes and basophils).