Goats in a comfortable and stressed environment consuming saline water: performance, digestibility, nitrogen balance, and urinary mineral concentrations

ABSTRACT The objective was to evaluate the effect of water salinity and environmental temperature on the nutrient consumption, digestibility, nitrogen balance, and mineral excretion of creole goats. Thirty-six males with an average age of 5.0±0.6 months and an average weight of 20.0±2.3kg were house...

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Published in:Arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia 2023-10, Vol.75 (5), p.967-967
Main Authors: Cardoso, E.A., Furtado, D.A., Ribeiro, N.L., Medeiros, A.N., Saraiva, E.P., Gonzaga Neto, S., Fernandes, B.D.O., Nascimento, J.W. B.
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Language:English
Subjects:
climatic chamber
dry matter
nitrogen
saline water
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Summary:ABSTRACT The objective was to evaluate the effect of water salinity and environmental temperature on the nutrient consumption, digestibility, nitrogen balance, and mineral excretion of creole goats. Thirty-six males with an average age of 5.0±0.6 months and an average weight of 20.0±2.3kg were housed in metabolic cages. They are distributed in a completely randomized design, with a 2×3 type crossover (2 temperatures (T1 = 26±0.6ºC and T2 = 32±1.2ºC) and three levels of salinity (1.0, 6.0, and 12.0 dS m-1). The temperature influenced (P0.05) of temperatures or water salinity levels; the animals consumed and retained averages of 10.31 and 4.19 g day-1 of nitrogen in the body, respectively. The different water salinity levels influenced (P
ISSN:0102-0935
1678-4162
1678-4162
DOI:10.1590/1678-4162-12804