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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate Other Related Titles Nutrient Requirements of Goats: Angora, Dairy, and Meat Goats in Temperate and Tropical Countries (1981) Board on Agriculture (BOA) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 1   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. 1 INTRODUCTION This report represents a first effort to establish the nutrient requirements of goats from original studies directly concerned with the needs of goats. Current scientific literature on goats is not nearly as extensive and comprehensive as it is for other domestic livestock species, and past efforts to set nutrient requirements have relied heavily on extrapolation of values derived from cattle and sheep studies. There are approximately 400 million goats in the world, with over 2 million head in the United States alone, producing meat, milk, fiber (mohair) and skins (Haenlein, 1978; FAO, 1979; Shelton, 1980a,b; Terrill, 1980). An increasing number of people in the United States and around the world drink milk from goats, and interest in goats is on the increase (Bhattacharya, 1980; Devendra, 1980a; Haenlein, 1980a; Harris, 1980; Iloeje et al., 1980; Leach, 1980). There is an increasing place for goats in commercial agriculture and with the small, part-time farmer (Lowe, 1943; Woinoff, 1949; Shannon, 1956; Garcia, 1958; Clamohoy et al., 1959; Agricultural Research Institute, Cyprus, 1964; Oppong, 1965; Wahid, 1965; Banco Nacional Agropecuario, 1971; Skinner, 1972; Anonymous, 1973; Choveiri, 1973; Joubert, 1973; Maubecin, 1973; Bula et al., 1977; McDowell and Bove, 1977; Ace, 1978; Fitzhugh et al., 1978; Guss, 1978; Sands and McDowell, 1978). Several national and international goat symposia have been staged recently: the American Dairy Science Association symposium in 1977 at Iowa State University, and in 1979 at Utah State University; the French National Institute for Sheep and Goat Research (ITOVIC) symposia in 1971 and 1981 at Tours; and the Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center symposia in 1977 and 1978 at Morrilton, Arkansas. The Third International Conference on Goat Production and Disease will meet in 1982 at Tucson, Arizona. Their proceedings add greatly to the knowledge of the nutrient requirements of goats. It is also increasingly evident that despite similarities to sheep and cattle, goats exhibit significant differences in grazing habits, physical activities, water requirements, feed selection, milk composition, carcass composition, metabolic disorders, and parasites. The nutrient requirements of goats may therefore justifiably be treated separately from those of other ruminants. As older literature becomes more accessible and new communication among world scientists increases, further documentation and information will be forthcoming (Nottbohm and Phillipi, 1933; Zorn et al, 1938; Meklenburcev, 1949; Benzie and Phillipson, 1957; Saperstein, 1960; Crawford and Grogan, 1961; Eker, 1961; Hanson and Andersen, 1962; Hofmeyr et al., 1965; Schaefer, 1967; Rogers et al, 1969; Brandsch and Kruger, 1970; French, 1970; Morand-Fehr and deSimiane, 1977; Corbett, 1978; Haenlein, 1980a,b; Jenness, 1980). This first NRC report on the nutrient requirements of goats must be considered within the limits of available knowledge, and refinements are reserved for subsequent editions as the literature of goats improves. Page 1 Front Matter (R1-R8) 1 Introduction (1-1) 2 Nutrient Requirements (2-9) 3 Table of Nutrient Requirements (10-12) 4 Herbage and Browse Utilization (13-14) 5 Ration Formulation and Examples of Typical Rations (15-20) 6 Nutrition-Related Metabolic Disorders (21-23) 7 Feed Composition Tables (24-72) Bibliography (73-91)

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Nutrient Requirements of Goats: Angora, Dairy, and Meat Goats in Temperate and Tropical Countries 1 INTRODUCTION This report represents a first effort to establish the nutrient requirements of goats from original studies directly concerned with the needs of goats. Current scientific literature on goats is not nearly as extensive and comprehensive as it is for other domestic livestock species, and past efforts to set nutrient requirements have relied heavily on extrapolation of values derived from cattle and sheep studies. There are approximately 400 million goats in the world, with over 2 million head in the United States alone, producing meat, milk, fiber (mohair) and skins (Haenlein, 1978; FAO, 1979; Shelton, 1980a,b; Terrill, 1980). An increasing number of people in the United States and around the world drink milk from goats, and interest in goats is on the increase (Bhattacharya, 1980; Devendra, 1980a; Haenlein, 1980a; Harris, 1980; Iloeje et al., 1980; Leach, 1980). There is an increasing place for goats in commercial agriculture and with the small, part-time farmer (Lowe, 1943; Woinoff, 1949; Shannon, 1956; Garcia, 1958; Clamohoy et al., 1959; Agricultural Research Institute, Cyprus, 1964; Oppong, 1965; Wahid, 1965; Banco Nacional Agropecuario, 1971; Skinner, 1972; Anonymous, 1973; Choveiri, 1973; Joubert, 1973; Maubecin, 1973; Bula et al., 1977; McDowell and Bove, 1977; Ace, 1978; Fitzhugh et al., 1978; Guss, 1978; Sands and McDowell, 1978). Several national and international goat symposia have been staged recently: the American Dairy Science Association symposium in 1977 at Iowa State University, and in 1979 at Utah State University; the French National Institute for Sheep and Goat Research (ITOVIC) symposia in 1971 and 1981 at Tours; and the Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center symposia in 1977 and 1978 at Morrilton, Arkansas. The Third International Conference on Goat Production and Disease will meet in 1982 at Tucson, Arizona. Their proceedings add greatly to the knowledge of the nutrient requirements of goats. It is also increasingly evident that despite similarities to sheep and cattle, goats exhibit significant differences in grazing habits, physical activities, water requirements, feed selection, milk composition, carcass composition, metabolic disorders, and parasites. The nutrient requirements of goats may therefore justifiably be treated separately from those of other ruminants. As older literature becomes more accessible and new communication among world scientists increases, further documentation and information will be forthcoming (Nottbohm and Phillipi, 1933; Zorn et al, 1938; Meklenburcev, 1949; Benzie and Phillipson, 1957; Saperstein, 1960; Crawford and Grogan, 1961; Eker, 1961; Hanson and Andersen, 1962; Hofmeyr et al., 1965; Schaefer, 1967; Rogers et al, 1969; Brandsch and Kruger, 1970; French, 1970; Morand-Fehr and deSimiane, 1977; Corbett, 1978; Haenlein, 1980a,b; Jenness, 1980). This first NRC report on the nutrient requirements of goats must be considered within the limits of available knowledge, and refinements are reserved for subsequent editions as the literature of goats improves.

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