Response of grower goats (Capra hircus) to varying levels of vitamin ADE and calcium supplementation
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Response of grower goats (Capra hircus) to varying levels of vitamin ADE and calcium supplementation
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To evaluate the response of grower goats to vitamin ADE and calcium supplementation, a total of 12 grower goats are divided into 4 groups and assigned to one of the 4 dietary supplements with 0, 0.5ml, 1.0ml, and 1.5ml of both ADE and Calcium Supplementation following the Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The study was conducted at the Cagayan Valley Small Ruminants Research Center located at Isabela State University, Echague, Isabela from December 21, 2023 to February 06, 2024 for 45 days in a full confinement system. Result of the study revealed that there was no significant difference obtained from the average weekly gain in weight of the goat and the weekly and cumulative feed consumption also showed no significant differences among the treatments. However, Vitamin ADE and Calcium supplementation are still required though, the results were not significant, and as the proximate analysis of forages used are not enough to sustain growth and development of grower goats. In addition, administration of Vitamin ADE and Calcium were still being beneficial like in Treatment 3 which obtained the highest net income and return of investment among all the treatment groups.
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