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Palm kernel cake obtained from biodiesel production in diets for goats: feeding behavior and physiological parameters

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the inclusion of palm kernel (Elaeis guineensis) cake in diets for goats on feeding behaviors, rectal temperature, and cardiac and respiratory frequencies. Forty crossbred Boer male, non-castrated goats (ten animals per treatment), with an average age of 90 days and an initial body weight of 15.01 ± 1.76 kg, were used. The goats were fed Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) hay and palm kernel supplemented at the rates of 0, 7, 14, and 21% of dry matter (DM). The feeding behaviors (rumination, feeding, and idling times) were observed for three 24-h periods. DM and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) intake values were estimated as the difference between the total DM and NDF contents of the feed offered and the total DM and NDF contents of the orts. There was no effect of palm kernel cake inclusion in goat diets on DM intake (P > 0.05). However, palm kernel cake promoted a linear increase (P < 0.05) in NDF intake and time spent feeding and ruminating (min/day; %; period) and a linear decrease in time spent idling. Palm kernel cakes had no effects (P > 0.05) on the chewing, feeding, and rumination efficiency (DM and NDF) or on physiological variables. The use up to 21% palm kernel cake in the diet of crossbred Boer goats maintained the feeding behaviors and did not change the physiological parameters of goats; therefore, its use is recommended in the diet of these animals.

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  1. Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, 40170100, Brazil

    R. L. de Oliveira, G. G. P. de Carvalho, R. L. Oliveira, M. S. L. Tosto, R. D. X. Ribeiro, T. M. Silva & L. M. A. de Rufino

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de Oliveira, R., de Carvalho, G., Oliveira, R. et al. Palm kernel cake obtained from biodiesel production in diets for goats: feeding behavior and physiological parameters. Trop Anim Health Prod 49, 1401–1407 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1340-6

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