<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shinde, A. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sankhyan, S. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhatta, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Verma, D. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seasonal changes in nutrient intake and its utilization by range goats in a semi-arid region of India</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of agricultural science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">botanical composition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cenchrus-ciliaris pasture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diets</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mexico</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nutrition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sheep</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dec</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000166159700010</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">135</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">429-436</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0021-8596</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study was carried out from September 1998 to August 1999, by conducting three experiments, one each in the monsoon, winter and summer seasons. The forage availability and botanical composition of native range were obtained. Five 3-4-year-old Kutchi males, weighing 50-55 kg, were used to determine total faecal output, and were observed to allow the diet selected to be sampled by the hand plucking method. Dry matter (DM) yield of range was highest during winter and lowest during monsoon, annual mean being 1611 kk DM/ha. Contribution of shrub foliage to total forage yield in monsoon, winter and summer was 3.81, 1.64 and 9.98 %, respectively. Crude protein (CP) content (g/kg DM) of ground vegetation declined from 99 in monsoon to 72 in winter and 66 in summer, while that of top foliage remained similar in all the seasons (mean CP 142 g/kg). Goats consumed a diet of almost the same CP content (mean CP 137 g/kg) in all the seasons. Goats consumed 64.0, 54.0 and 55.9 g DM/kg W-0.75/day, in monsoon, winter and summer (annual mean 58.0 g DM/kg W-0.75/day). DM and CP digestibility coefficients were higher in monsoon and summer (mean DM 0.595; CP 0.533) and decreased (P &lt; 0.05) in winter (DM 0.485, CP 0.424). Neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) digestibility coefficients were highest in monsoon (NDF 0.542; ADF 0.446), and declined (P &lt; 0.05) to 0.340 and 0.266 in winter and 0.415 and 0.326 in summer. Digestible crude protein (DCP) intake was almost similar in monsoon and summer (mean 4.6 g/kg W-0.75/day) and declined (P &lt; 0.05) in winter (3.1 g/kg W-0.75/day), while metabolizable energy (ME) intake was higher in monsoon (0.90 MJ/kg W-0.75/day) and declined (P &lt; 0.05) to 0.78 and 0.80 MJ/kg W-0.75/day, in winter and summer, respectively. Average body weight of goats in monsoon, winter and summer was 54.0, 54.6 and 56.5 kg, respectively (annual mean 55.0 kg). It is concluded that goats grazing on a semi-arid rangeland meet their DCP and ME requirement throughout the year.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISI:000166159700010</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISI Document Delivery No.: 388CKTimes Cited: 10Cited Reference Count: 26Cited References: *AGR RES COUNC, 1980, NUTR REQ RUM LIV S, V1, P78 *ASS OFF AN CHEM, 1990, OFF METH AN BRYANT FC, 1979, J RANGE MANAGE, V32, P412 HARRIS LE, 1967, NUTR RES TECHNIQUE D, V1 HOLECHEK JL, 1982, J RANGE MANAGE, V35, P309 KABABYA D, 1998, J AGR SCI 2, V131, P221 KEARL LC, 1982, NUTR REQUIREMENT RUM KOULAKI MDY, 1995, SMALL RUMINANT RES, V17, P223 KRUEGER WC, 1972, J RANGE MANAGE, V25, P471 KUMAR R, 1984, J AGR FOOD CHEM, V32, P447 LU CD, 1988, SMALL RUMINANT RES, V1, P205 MALECHEK JC, 1983, WORLD ANIM REV, V47, P38 MCCAMMONFELDMAN B, 1981, UNPUB FEEDING STRATE, P37 MELLADO M, 1991, SMALL RUMINANT RES, V6, P141 NORTON BW, 1995, TROPICAL LEGUMES ANI OSBOURN DF, 1971, P NUTR SOC, V30, A13 PAPACHRISTOU TG, 1993, J RANGE MANAGE, V46, P220 PFISTER JA, 1986, J ANIM SCI, V63, P1078 RAMIREZ RG, 1990, SMALL RUMINANT RES, V3, P97 RAMIREZ RG, 1993, J APPL ANIM RES, V3, P55 SANKHYAN SK, 1999, ANIM FEED SCI TECH, V82, P261 SHINDE AK, 1998, J AGR SCI 3, V131, P341 SHINDE AK, 1998, SMALL RUMINANT RES, V30, P29 TADMOR NH, 1975, J RANGE MANAGE, V28, P65 VANSOEST PJ, 1991, J DAIRY SCI, V74, P3583 WALLACE JD, 1970, J RANGE MANAGE, V23, P424Cambridge univ pressNew yorkPart 4</style></notes></record></records></xml>