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Net protein requirement of pregnancy of goats with single and twin pregnancy

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Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production

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Pregnancy is an important stage in the animal life, because many transformations occur in the whole body of the pregnant female. However, there is lack of information on nutritional requirements over the whole pregnancy. Most protein recommendations for goats were obtained from data extrapolated from cattle and sheep (Sutton and Alderman, 2000). Although ruminants have similar metabolism, it is known that there are differences between species, especially regarding the efficiency of feed utilization and body composition. Therefore, the objective of this experiment was to determine net protein requirement of Oberhasli and Saanen goats with singleton and twin pregnancy.

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP, Department of Animal Sciences, Univ Estadual Paulista, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil

    C. J. Härter, D. S. Castagnino, L. D. Lima, A. R. Rivera, H. G. O. Silva, K. T. Resende & I. A. M. A. Teixeira

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Härter, C.J. et al. (2013). Net protein requirement of pregnancy of goats with single and twin pregnancy. In: Oltjen, J.W., Kebreab, E., Lapierre, H. (eds) Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production. Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production, vol 134. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-781-3_37

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