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Feeding behaviour of Awassi sheep and Shami Damascus goats     
Yazarlar
Mahmut Keskin
Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ahmet ŞAHİN Prof. Dr. Ahmet ŞAHİN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Osman Biçer
Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sabri Gül
Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şerafeddin Kaya
Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayhan Sarı
Metin Duru
Uşak Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Seven male Awassi sheep and 7 male Shami (Damascus) goats, one year old and fed with a diet having 2503 Kcal ME and 155 g crude protein kg-1, were housed individually for 49 days to determine the feeding behaviour. Each animal within each species was one replicate and kept individually within 100 x 120 x 120 cm wood pen in indoor conditions with natural daylight and 11-18 °C room temperature. Twice a week, starting right after daily feed refreshment at 12.00, behavioural observations were made at 12.00, 16.00, 20.00, 24.00, 04.00 and 08.00 with 5-minute intervals by monitoring the animals. The recorded activities were eating, ruminating, drinking, resting, standing, and playing. These activities of sheep and goats were 24.6 vs. 26.6 (P > 0.05), 17.6 vs. 16.6 (P > 0.05), 3.9 vs. 2.7 (P < 0.01), 20.3 vs. 23.9 (P < 0.01), 29.1 vs. 21.8 (P < 0.01) and 2.4 vs. 4.6 (P < 0.01) as a percentage, respectively. In conclusion, goats showed less drinking and standing but higher playing and resting behaviour than sheep without showing any significant difference between species with respect to eating and ruminating activity. © TÜBİTAK.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Feed intake | Feeding behaviour | Goats | Sheep
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY ANIMAL SCIENCES
Dergi ISSN 1300-0128
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2005
Cilt No 29
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 435 / 439
BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
Atıf Sayıları
SCOPUS 14
Google Scholar 34

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