Milk yield, milk composition and kid growth in Boer and East African Goats in Malawi
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Milk yield, milk composition and kid growth in Boer and East African Goats in Malawi
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Creator |
Banda, J.W.
Steinbach, J. Zerfas, H.P. |
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GOATS
MALAWI MILK YIELD KIDS GROWTH WEIGHT GAIN |
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Description |
Milk yield and milk composition of local (LL) and Boer (BB) goats, and their crosses (BL) were estimated over 2 kidding seasons for 12 weeks of lactation using 3 techniques, i.e. kid-suckling, hand-milking and oxytocin + hand-milking. The average daily gain (ADG) and milk conversion of kids were also determined. The total milk yield was 75.7±2.0 kg. Milk yield in the dry and wet seasons was 84.6±3.1and 66.8 ± 2.6 kg, respectively (P
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Date |
2016-02-08T09:03:13Z
2016-02-08T09:03:13Z 1992 |
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Conference Paper
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http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70834
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Language |
en
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