Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tiffani Hamilton
• Thomas Tenill
• Dill Sandeep Kommuru：
• Aqiyla Rivers
• Jorge Mosjidis
• James Miller
• Chris Drake
• Irene Mueller-Harvey
• Joan Burke

Titel

Effect of Supplemental Sericea Lespedeza Pellets on Internal Parasite Infection and Nutritional Status of Grazing Goats

Ist Teil von

• 农业科学与技术：A, 2017, Vol.7 (5), p.334-344

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Feeding pelleted sericea lespedeza （SL; Lespedeza cuneata） on pasture can reduce gastrointestinal nematode （GIN） and coccidia （Eimeria spp.） infection in sheep and goats, but effects on nutritional status are unclear. Therefore, a study was completed comparing yearling goats grazing grass pasture supplemented with SL or non-condensed tannins （CT） commercial pellets （control group）, respectively, at 1.5% of body weight for 14 weeks, and then after 14 weeks, they were only fed with non-CT pellets at 2.5% of body weight for additional six weeks. Animal body weight was measured at the start of the trial, the 7th week, 14th week and end of the trial. Fecal samples were taken weekly to determine GIN egg output （fecal egg count; FEC） and coccidial oocyst production （fecal oocyst count; FOC）. Blood samples （to determine packed cell volume; PCV） were taken weekly to monitor anemia status of the goats, and on days 0, 98 and 137 to determine aspartate aminotransferase （AST）, alanine aminotransferase （ALT） and creatine k