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Effect of supplementary milk feeding on growth and survival of Santa Inês lambs

2014; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1089-6891v15i48725

1809-6891

Concepta McManus, Edgard Franco Gomes, Tiago do Prado Paim, Hélder Louvandini, Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago, Bárbara Oliveira Borges, Aline Zorzan, Paulo de Mello Tavares Lima,

Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of alternative methods of feeding on the performance and mortality rate of suckling lambs. Eighty-four Santa Inês lambs, twins and singles, half male and half female, were used. The animals were divided into three groups: A (control), B (bovine milk) and C (bovine milk plus Multi-mixture). The experiment began when lambs were three weeks old and finished at weaning at 2 months of age. Each animal from group B received 200 mL of bovine milk daily; group C received 200 mL of bovine milk plus 20g of Multi-mixture daily. Weaning Weight (WW) was 10.90, 13.20 and 13.59 kg, respectively for groups A, B and C. Daily Weight Gain (DWG) was 126, 163 and 168 g.day-1 respectively. The mortality rate was higher (p<0.05) in group A than in group B and C. Gender influenced significantly (p<0.05) the DWG and WW. DWG and WW were lower for the animals that died compared to the animals that survived: 7.94 kg against 13.51 kg (WW) and 77 g against 165 g (DWG) respectively. The twins had lower (P<0.05) WW and DWG when compared to the singles. The use of milk-replacers with or without Multi-mixture is effective and it can increase the productivity of the system.