PEARL MILLET AS SUBSTITUTE OF CORN IN FEEDING TO DAIRY GOATS

Authors

  • Aldi Fernandes de Souza França UFG
  • Geisa Fleury Orsine UFG
  • Miguel Joaquim Dias UFG
  • José Henrique Stringhini UFG
  • João Teodoro Pádua UFG
  • Delma Machado Cantisani Pádua UFG
  • Said Pereira Mundim UFG

Keywords:

Pearl millet, dairy goat, feeding

Abstract

Pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) is an annual summer forage that grows in India and some African countries, used for human and animal feeding. Due to its high nutritive value it can be used for grain production and forage. Because of its physiologic characteristics, pearl millet is adapted to the soil and climate conditions of Brazilian cerrados region. This trial was conducted with the aim of evaluating the use of pearl millet (grain + ears) to dairy goat feeding. Sixteen dairy goat females were alloted in a Latin square design and submitted to four levels of substitution of millet ear corn for pearl millet. The percentual levels of substitution used were 0%, 25%, 50% and 75% that correspond to treatments 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The results, obtained in terms of average of milk production in a period of six days, were: 4.471, 4.621, 4.911 and 4.771 for treatments 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. It was not observed any statistical difference between treatments with the use of Tukey test at the probability level of 5%.

KEY-WORDS: Pearl millet; dairy goat; feeding.

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Published

2007-12-17

How to Cite

FRANÇA, A. F. de S.; ORSINE, G. F.; DIAS, M. J.; STRINGHINI, J. H.; PÁDUA, J. T.; PÁDUA, D. M. C.; MUNDIM, S. P. PEARL MILLET AS SUBSTITUTE OF CORN IN FEEDING TO DAIRY GOATS. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 26, n. 2, p. 89–95, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2942. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 26, n. 2, Jul./Dec. 1996

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Research Article

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