Blood Glucose and Blood Urea Levels from Castrated, Non-Castrated Male, and Female Domestic Goats that were Fed Complete Feed
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- 10.2991/absr.k.220309.040How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Complete feed; Gender and castration; Domestic goats; Blood glucose; Blood urea
- Abstract
The productivity of local goats is strongly influenced by various factors including the nutritional content and availability of feed and internal factors (livestock) such as gender and management are also very decisive. Theoretically, differences in livestock sex and castration treatment can contribute to increasing the productivity of fattened goats. The contribution of complete feed and differences in sex and castration treatment can be seen from blood glucose and blood urea levels. This study aimed to determine blood glucose and blood urea levels of castrated, non-castrated male, and female domestic goats (Carpa aegagrus hircus) that were fed complete feed. The study used a completely randomized design using 15 domestic goats which were divided into 3 treatments, namely treatment T1: Castrated young male domestic goats group; T2: Non-castrated young male domestic goats group, and treatment T3: Young female domestic goats group. The three treatment groups were given a complete feed consisting of 30% corn straw + 20% Gliricidia sepium + 30% milled corn + 15% pollard bran + 5% rice bran and drinking water which was provided ad libitum. Blood was taken from the jugular vein at the end of the study-4 times per animal, namely 0 hours before being fed, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 6 hours after being fed complete feed. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that the treatment had no significant effect (P>0.05) on blood glucose levels at 0, 4, and 6 hours; while at 2 hours, it had a significant effect (P<0.05). Blood urea levels also had no significant effect (P>0.05) on samples taken at 0 hours before being fed and 2, 4, 6 hours after being fed. It is concluded that castrated male goats, non-castrated male goats, and female goats that were fed complete feed showed the same effect on blood glucose and blood urea levels produced.
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TY - CONF AU - Paulus Klau Tahuk AU - Gerson F. Bira PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/29 TI - Blood Glucose and Blood Urea Levels from Castrated, Non-Castrated Male, and Female Domestic Goats that were Fed Complete Feed BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Improving Tropical Animal Production for Food Security (ITAPS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 191 EP - 196 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.220309.040 DO - 10.2991/absr.k.220309.040 ID - Tahuk2022 ER -