Daily Nutrient Requirements of Goats


TABLE 29: Daily Nutrient Requirements of Goats

									Dry Matter/Animal
Body Weight		Feed Energy TDN		ME	Crude Protein	Ca	P	Vitamin A	1 kg = 2.0 Mcal ME		1 kg = 2.4 Mcal ME
(kg)	(lb)	(g)	(lb)	(Mcal)	(g)	(g)	(g)	(1,000 IU)	(kg)	(lb)	(kg)	(lb)
*Maintenance at low activity, including early pregnancy*
10	22	199	0.44	0.71	27	1	0.7	0.5	0.36	0.79	0.30	0.66
30	66	452	1.00	1.62	62	2	1.4	1.2	0.81	1.78	0.67	1.47
50	110	662	1.46	2.38	91	4	2.8	1.8	1.19	2.62	0.99	2.18
70	154	852	1.88	3.07	118	5	3.5	2.3	1.54	3.39	1.28	2.82
90	198	1030	2.27	3.70	153	6	4.2	2.8	1.85	4.07	1.54	3.39
*Maintenance at medium activity, slightly hilly pasture, and including early pregnancy*
10	22	239	0.53	0.86	33	1	0.7	0.6	0.43	0.95	0.36	0.79
30	66	543	1.20	1.95	74	3	2.1	1.5	0.98	2.16	0.81	1.78
50	110	795	1.75	2.86	110	4	2.8	2.1	1.43	3.15	1.19	2.52
70	154	1023	2.25	3.68	141	6	4.2	2.8	1.84	4.04	1.53	3.37
90	198	1236	2.72	4.44	170	7	4.9	3.3	2.22	4.88	1.85	4.07
*Maintenance at high activity, mountainous pasture, and including early pregnancy*
10	22	278	0.61	1.00	38	2	1.4	0.8	0.50	1.10	0.42	0.92
30	66	634	1.40	2.28	87	3	2.1	1.7	1.14	2.50	0.95	2.09
50	110	928	2.04	3.34	102	5	3.5	2.5	1.67	3.67	1.39	3.06
70	154	1194	2.63	4.29	165	6	4.2	3.2	2.14	4.71	1.79	3.94
90	198	1442	3.18	5.18	198	8	5.6	3.9	2.59	5.70	2.16	4.75
*Additional requirements for late pregnancy, all goat sizes*
		397	0.87	1.42	82	2	1.4	1.1	0.71	1.56	0.59	1.30
*Additional requirements for growth at 50 g/day, all goat sizes*
		100	0.22	0.36	14	1	0.7	0.3	0.18	0.40	0.15	0.33
*Additional requirements for growth at 150 g/day, all goat sizes*
		300	0.66	1.08	42	2	1.4	0.8	0.54	1.19	0.45	0.99
*Additional requirements for milk production, per kg, at different fat percentages*
(% fat)
3.0		337	0.74	1.21	64	2	1.4	3.8
4.5		351	0.77	1.26	77	3	2.1	3.8
6.0		365	0.80	1.31	90	3	2.1	3.8
*Additional requirements for mohair production by Angora goats at different production levels*
Annual fleece yield (kg)
4		34		0.12	17
8		66		0.24	34

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