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Mulberry Silage as Alternative to Soybean Meal Protein in Ruminant Diet: Effect on Growth Performance, Digestion, Antioxidant Capacity, and Carcass Characteristics of Goats.
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Mostafa S A KhattabKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4688-4580
Pengfei CaoKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.
Yong LiuKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.
Tiejun LiKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6877-9693
Shaoxun TangKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9343-1341
Shuiping WangChongqing Key Laboratory of Herbivore Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 402460, China.
Zhiliang TanKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.
Funding
Hunan Agriculture Research System HARS-08the Project of National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFD1300905
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Abstract
Current research is still striving to maximize the expansion of protein feed sources in order to reduce the production costs of the livestock industry. In this context, the current study aimed to evaluate the impacts of replacing soybean meal protein in diets with mulberry silage (at 50 and 100% substitution levels) on the growth, health status, and carcass characteristics of growing goat kids. Forty-five Xiangdong black goat kids weighing 18.2 ± 1.6 kg (approximately 6 months old) were divided into three experimental groups and fed one of the following diets: a control diet consisting of a 50:50 concentrate-to-roughage ratio on a dry matter basis (control), a diet replacing 50% of soybean meal protein with mulberry silage (MS-50), or a diet replacing 100% of soybean meal protein with mulberry silage (MS-100). The results show that replacing soybean meal protein with mulberry silage significantly increased (
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antioxidant capacitycarcass characteristicsgoat kidsgrowth performancemulberry silagesoybean meal protein
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