Directory UMM :Data Elmu:jurnal:S:Small Ruminant Research:Vol35.Issue2.2000:

Small Ruminant Research 35 (2000) 123±132

In¯uences of the number of fetuses and levels of CP and ME in
gestation and lactation supplements on performance of Spanish
does and kids during suckling and post-weaning
D.S. Iveya, F.N. Owensb, T. Sahlua,*, T.H. Teha, L.J. Dawsonc,
G.A. Campbellc, A.L. Goetscha
a

E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research, Langston University, Langston, OK, 73050, USA
b
Animal Science Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
c
College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
Accepted 11 June 1999

Abstract
Forty-eight mature US Spanish does (40 kg BW), from a herd selected for cashmere ®ber growth, were used to investigate
in¯uences of the number of fetuses and levels of ME and CP in supplements during gestation and lactation on doe and kid
performance. At 60 days of gestation, does with single or twin fetuses consumed mature Bermudagrass hay ad libitum and 1%
BW (DM basis) of supplements with 18.6% or 28.5% CP (LP and HP, respectively) and 2.2 or 2.8 Mcal/kg ME (DM basis; LE

and HE, respectively). The HE-HP supplement was offered at 1.5% BW (DM basis) for 15 days after birth, and does received
the same supplement treatments as in gestation thereafter until weaning at 50 days after parturition. For a 50-day post-weaning
period, kids consumed ad libitum the HE-LP supplement. BW at 90 days of gestation (41.4 vs 38.4 kg; P