Effects of Nutritional Plane at Breeding on Feed Intake, Body Weight, Condition Score, Mass Indexes, and Chemical Composition, and Reproductive Performance of Hair Sheep
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Treatments, Housing, and Breeding
2.3. Body Condition Score and Body Mass Indexes
2.4. Blood Constituents
2.5. Body Composition and Heart Rate
2.6. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Feed Composition and Intake
3.2. Body Weight and Composition
3.3. Reproductive Performance
3.4. Heart Rate and Blood Constituents
3.5. BCS and BMI and Relationships with Body Composition
4. Discussion
4.1. Feed Intake
4.2. Body Composition
4.3. Reproductive Performance
4.4. Blood Constituents
4.5. BCS and BMI Relationships with Body Composition
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wheat Straw | Low Supplement | High Supplement | ||||
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Item 3 | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM |
Ash (%) | 6.4 | 0.08 | 8.2 | 0.08 | 3.7 | 0.14 |
NDF (%) | 81.9 | 0.59 | 11.0 | 0.19 | 13.2 | 0.35 |
ADF (%) | 52.8 | 0.40 | 7.9 | 0.19 | 4.6 | 0.14 |
ADL (%) | 9.9 | 0.16 | ||||
CP (%) | 4.1 | 0.17 | 48.9 | 0.16 | 19.1 | 0.74 |
p Value 2 | Dorper | Katahdin | St. Croix | ||||||||
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Item | Brd | Sup | Brd*Sup | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | SEM | Brd 3 |
Period 1 | |||||||||||
g/day | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.005 | <0.001 | 0.065 | 109 | 544 | 116 | 542 | 88 | 460 | 11.3 | S < D&K |
Wheat straw | 0.399 | 0.013 | 0.756 | 1005 | 783 | 1133 | 821 | 1107 | 920 | 83.6 | |
Total | 0.580 | 0.044 | 0.832 | 1114 | 1326 | 1248 | 1363 | 1195 | 1380 | 82.2 | |
% body weight | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.873 | <0.001 | 0.501 | 0.16 | 0.81 | 0.18 | 0.80 | 0.16 | 0.80 | 0.011 | |
Wheat straw | 0.031 | 0.009 | 0.788 | 1.51 | 1.17 | 1.75 | 1.21 | 2.06 | 1.61 | 0.141 | S > D&K |
Total | 0.031 | 0.139 | 0.731 | 1.67 | 1.99 | 1.92 | 2.01 | 2.23 | 2.41 | 0.139 | S > D&K |
Period 2 | |||||||||||
g/day | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.018 | <0.001 | 0.125 | 107 | 545 | 105 | 551 | 84 | 472 | 13.4 | S < D&K |
Wheat straw | 0.749 | 0.022 | 0.318 | 1364 | 1013 | 1281 | 1130 | 1194 | 1096 | 79.6 | |
Total | 0.442 | 0.018 | 0.433 | 1471 | 1558 | 1385 | 1681 | 1281 | 1568 | 85.0 | |
% body weight | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.203 | <0.001 | 0.138 | 0.16 | 0.79 | 0.16 | 0.79 | 0.16 | 0.80 | 0.003 | |
Wheat straw | 0.066 | 0.002 | 0.549 | 2.05 | 1.47 | 1.99 | 1.61 | 2.22 | 1.85 | 0.102 | |
Total | 0.060 | 0.069 | 0.529 | 2.21 | 2.25 | 2.15 | 2.40 | 2.39 | 2.65 | 0.101 | |
Period 3 | |||||||||||
g/day | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.005 | <0.001 | 0.046 | 119 a | 558 c | 112 a | 565 c | 94 a | 475 b | 11.6 | |
Wheat straw | 0.268 | 0.010 | 0.332 | 1515 | 1093 | 1391 | 1196 | 1246 | 1081 | 86.0 | |
Total | 0.129 | 0.069 | 0.417 | 1634 | 15651 | 1503 | 1761 | 1340 | 1555 | 90.4 | |
% body weight | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.752 | <0.001 | 0.626 | 0.18 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 0.80 | 0.005 | |
Wheat straw | 0.217 | <0.001 | 0.394 | 2.29 | 1.56 | 2.17 | 1.68 | 2.33 | 1.83 | 0.088 | |
Total | 0.215 | 0.568 | 0.384 | 2.47 | 2.36 | 2.35 | 2.48 | 2.51 | 2.63 | 0.089 | |
Period 4 (g/day) | |||||||||||
Supplement | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.619 | 522 | 561 | 493 | 568 | 403 | 475 | 19.7 | S < D&K |
Wheat straw | 0.358 | 0.020 | 0.746 | 1189 | 981 | 1222 | 1138 | 1055 | 994 | 100.2 | |
Total | 0.175 | 0.580 | 0.712 | 1711 | 1542 | 1715 | 1706 | 1457 | 1468 | 115.9 |
p Value 2 | Dorper | Katahdin | St. Croix | |||||||||
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Item 3 | n 4 | Brd | Sup | Brd*Sup | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | SEM | Brd 5 |
Initial | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 75 | 0.011 | 0.778 | 0.489 | 65.94 | 62.89 | 64.85 | 65.99 | 52.54 | 56.40 | 2.537 | S < D&K |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 75 | 0.012 | 0.843 | 0.669 | 62.10 | 59.99 | 61.57 | 62.25 | 50.23 | 52.98 | 3.601 | S < D&K |
Water (kg) | 75 | 0.005 | 0.885 | 0.615 | 29.13 | 28.53 | 28.94 | 28.83 | 24.74 | 25.73 | 0.801 | S < D&K |
Fat (kg) | 75 | 0.026 | 0.814 | 0.686 | 22.59 | 21.34 | 22.32 | 23.14 | 17.02 | 18.34 | 1.241 | S < D&K |
Protein (kg) | 75 | 0.005 | 0.885 | 0.615 | 7.91 | 7.75 | 7.86 | 7.83 | 6.72 | 6.99 | 0.218 | S < D&K |
Ash (kg) | 75 | 0.005 | 0.885 | 0.615 | 1.85 | 1.81 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.57 | 1.64 | 0.051 | S < D&K |
Energy (MJ) | 75 | 0.022 | 0.819 | 0.685 | 1071 | 1018 | 1060 | 1091 | 824.5 | 882.7 | 62.95 | S < D&K |
Water (%) | 75 | 0.134 | 0.967 | 0.716 | 47.37 | 48.19 | 47.55 | 46.97 | 49.33 | 49.02 | 0.854 | |
Fat (%) | 75 | 0.197 | 0.955 | 0.695 | 35.82 | 34.81 | 35.57 | 36.41 | 33.77 | 34.09 | 1.043 | |
Protein (%) | 75 | 0.134 | 0.967 | 0.716 | 12.87 | 13.10 | 12.92 | 12.76 | 13.41 | 13.32 | 0.232 | |
Ash (%) | 75 | 0.134 | 0.967 | 0.716 | 3.01 | 3.06 | 3.02 | 2.99 | 3.14 | 3.12 | 0.054 | |
Energy (MJ/kg) | 75 | 0.208 | 0.954 | 0.691 | 17.06 | 16.72 | 16.98 | 17.27 | 16.38 | 16.49 | 0.357 | |
Week 4 | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 79 | 0.012 | 0.187 | 0.973 | 67.14 | 70.62 | 64.97 | 68.10 | 54.44 | 58.88 | 3.017 | S < D&K |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 79 | 0.015 | 0.109 | 0.980 | 61.87 | 66.22 | 59.09 | 64.26 | 50.43 | 54.50 | 2.939 | S < D&K |
Water (kg) | 79 | 0.022 | 0.224 | 0.994 | 28.42 | 29.51 | 27.88 | 29.23 | 24.45 | 25.75 | 1.124 | S < D&K |
Fat (kg) | 79 | 0.018 | 0.074 | 0.941 | 23.35 | 26.11 | 21.35 | 24.58 | 17.63 | 19.82 | 1.538 | S < D&K |
Protein (kg) | 79 | 0.022 | 0.224 | 0.994 | 7.72 | 8.02 | 7.58 | 7.94 | 6.64 | 7.00 | 0.305 | S < D&K |
Ash (kg) | 79 | 0.022 | 0.224 | 0.994 | 1.81 | 1.88 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 1.55 | 1.64 | 0.071 | S < D&K |
Energy (MJ) | 79 | 0.016 | 0.077 | 0.950 | 1097 | 1212 | 1015 | 1150 | 846.8 | 941.1 | 65.87 | S < D&K |
Water (%) | 79 | 0.138 | 0.179 | 0.911 | 46.54 | 45.26 | 47.70 | 46.08 | 48.59 | 47.80 | 0.989 | |
Fat (%) | 79 | 0.209 | 0.204 | 0.895 | 37.04 | 38.57 | 35.53 | 37.57 | 34.82 | 35.69 | 1.270 | |
Protein (%) | 79 | 0.138 | 0.179 | 0.911 | 12.65 | 12.30 | 12.96 | 12.52 | 13.20 | 12.99 | 0.269 | |
Ash (%) | 79 | 0.138 | 0.179 | 0.911 | 2.96 | 2.88 | 3.03 | 2.93 | 3.09 | 3.04 | 0.063 | |
Energy (MJ/kg) | 79 | 0.222 | 0.208 | 0.893 | 17.49 | 18.01 | 16.97 | 17.67 | 16.74 | 17.04 | 0.438 | |
Week 8 | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 85 | 0.002 | 0.017 | 0.648 | 66.88 | 70.06 | 63.89 | 71.09 | 53.29 | 59.36 | 2.056 | S < D&K |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.017 | 0.756 | 61.30 | 64.95 | 59.06 | 65.76 | 49.19 | 55.43 | 2.063 | S < D&K |
Water (kg) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.033 | 0.871 | 28.66 | 29.95 | 28.19 | 30.27 | 24.39 | 26.37 | 0.790 | S < D&K |
Fat (kg) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0.632 | 22.45 | 24.25 | 20.90 | 24.60 | 16.49 | 19.86 | 0.977 | S < D&K |
Protein (kg) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.033 | 0.871 | 7.79 | 8.14 | 7.66 | 8.23 | 6.63 | 7.17 | 0.215 | S < D&K |
Ash (kg) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.033 | 0.871 | 1.82 | 1.90 | 1.79 | 1.92 | 1.55 | 1.68 | 0.050 | S < D&K |
Energy (MJ) | 85 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0.656 | 1063 | 1142 | 998.9 | 1157 | 801.5 | 946.5 | 42.99 | S < D&K |
Water (%) | 85 | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.724 | 47.24 | 46.30 | 48.16 | 46.43 | 49.70 | 48.01 | 0.520 | S > D&K |
Fat (%) | 85 | 0.023 | 0.014 | 0.706 | 36.05 | 37.15 | 34.87 | 37.00 | 33.37 | 35.32 | 0.611 | S < D |
Protein (%) | 85 | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.724 | 12.84 | 12.58 | 13.09 | 12.62 | 13.50 | 13.05 | 0.141 | S > D&K |
Ash (%) | 85 | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.724 | 3.00 | 2.94 | 3.06 | 2.95 | 3.16 | 3.05 | 0.033 | S > D&K |
Energy (MJ/kg) | 85 | 0.025 | 0.014 | 0.704 | 17.15 | 17.52 | 16.74 | 17.45 | 16.24 | 16.90 | 0.244 | S < D |
Change, wk 0 to 4 | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 69 | 0.446 | 0.005 | 0.925 | 1.20 | 4.01 | 0.07 | 2.85 | 0.51 | 3.86 | 0.827 | |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 69 | 0.439 | 0.002 | 0.601 | −0.23 | 2.61 | −2.39 | 2.48 | −0.77 | 3.01 | 0.931 | |
Water (kg) | 69 | 0.752 | 0.048 | 0.682 | −0.71 | −0.13 | −1.07 | 0.54 | −0.59 | 0.59 | 0.553 | |
Fat (kg) | 69 | 0.453 | 0.032 | 0.956 | 0.77 | 2.76 | −0.85 | 1.69 | 0.07 | 2.15 | 0.967 | |
Protein (kg) | 69 | 0.752 | 0.048 | 0.682 | −0.19 | −0.04 | −0.29 | 0.15 | −0.16 | 0.16 | 0.150 | |
Ash (kg) | 69 | 0.752 | 0.048 | 0.682 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.07 | 0.03 | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.035 | |
Energy (MJ) | 69 | 0.437 | 0.020 | 0.927 | 25.8 | 107.8 | −40.2 | 69.8 | −1.00 | 88.3 | 36.56 | |
Change, wk 4 to 8 | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 79 | 0.421 | 0.023 | 0.266 | −0.27 | 1.04 | −1.35 | 1.93 | −0.92 | −0.10 | 0.724 | |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 79 | 0.885 | 0.057 | 0.746 | −0.58 | 0.24 | −0.39 | 0.43 | −1.00 | 0.52 | 0.547 | |
Water (kg) | 79 | 0.699 | 0.202 | 0.892 | 0.24 | 1.09 | 0.26 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.488 | |
Fat (kg) | 79 | 0.721 | 0.691 | 0.690 | −0.91 | −1.30 | −0.75 | −0.47 | −0.99 | −0.17 | 0.686 | |
Protein (kg) | 79 | 0.699 | 0.202 | 0.892 | −0.07 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.133 | |
Ash (kg) | 79 | 0.699 | 0.202 | 0.892 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.031 | |
Energy (MJ) | 79 | 0.735 | 0.554 | 0.674 | −34.2 | −44.3 | −27.7 | −14.6 | −38.9 | −3.5 | 24.99 | |
Change, wk 0 to 8 | ||||||||||||
BW, full (kg) | 75 | 0.311 | 0.001 | 0.466 | 0.93 | 5.37 | −1.17 | 4.94 | −0.18 | 3.77 | 0.873 | |
BW, shrunk (kg) | 75 | 0.700 | <0.001 | 0.430 | −0.80 | 2.90 | −2.74 | 3.33 | −2.02 | 3.36 | 0.842 | |
Water (kg) | 75 | 0.954 | 0.001 | 0.387 | −0.47 | 0.59 | −0.89 | 1.13 | −0.82 | 0.87 | 0.032 | |
Fat (kg) | 75 | 0.660 | 0.008 | 0.850 | −0.14 | 2.03 | −1.45 | 1.70 | −0.85 | 2.10 | 0.862 | |
Protein (kg) | 75 | 0.954 | 0.001 | 0.387 | −0.13 | 0.16 | −0.24 | 0.31 | −0.22 | 0.23 | 0.087 | |
Ash (kg) | 75 | 0.954 | 0.001 | 0.387 | −0.03 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.07 | −0.05 | 0.06 | 0.020 | |
Energy (MJ) | 75 | 0.658 | 0.005 | 0.802 | −8.4 | 83.7 | −62.5 | 73.8 | −38.4 | 88.1 | 33.30 |
p Value 2 | Dorper | Katahdin | St. Croix | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item 3 | Brd | Sup | Brd*Sup | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | SEM | Brd 4 |
Birth rate (%) | 0.970 | 0.587 | 0.334 | 91.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 92.0 | 94.1 | 100.0 | 5.02 | |
Litter size | 0.702 | 0.130 | 0.377 | 1.73 | 1.69 | 1.62 | 2.08 | 1.69 | 1.94 | 0.157 | |
Birth weight (kg) | |||||||||||
Individual lamb | 0.048 | 0.118 | 0.804 | 4.35 | 4.15 | 4.66 | 4.13 | 3.87 | 3.53 | 0.236 | S < K |
Total litter | 0.179 | 0.523 | 0.436 | 7.28 | 6.75 | 7.18 | 8.25 | 6.37 | 6.74 | 0.554 | |
Gestation length (days) | 0.481 | 0.398 | 0.579 | 149.2 | 150.1 | 146.7 | 149.1 | 149.0 | 148.6 | 1.31 | |
Services (number) 5 | 0.100 | 0.691 | 0.069 | 1.18 | 1.54 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.31 | 1.06 | 0.104 |
Source of Variation 2 | |||||||
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Item 3 | Brd | Sup | Brd*Sup | Prd | Brd*Prd | Sup*Prd | Brd*Sup*Prd |
Heart rate (beats/min) | 0.855 | 0.076 | 0.506 | 0.208 | 0.646 | 0.897 | 0.066 |
Glucose (mg/dL) | 0.877 | 0.434 | 0.933 | 0.955 | 0.684 | 0.843 | 0.980 |
Lactate (mg/dL) | 0.058 | 0.151 | 0.647 | 0.002 | 0.118 | 0.418 | 0.747 |
Total protein (g/dL) | 0.247 | 0.293 | 0.576 | <0.001 | 0.607 | 0.428 | 0.926 |
Albumin (g/dL) | 0.173 | 0.257 | 0.947 | <0.001 | 0.684 | 0.321 | 0.952 |
Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.098 | 0.134 | 0.757 | <0.001 | 0.585 | 0.047 | 0.957 |
Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 0.207 | 0.078 | 0.323 | <0.001 | 0.394 | 0.051 | 0.049 |
NEFA (mEq/l) | 0.263 | 0.001 | 0.974 | <0.001 | 0.111 | 0.001 | 0.739 |
TAC (μM) | 0.011 | 0.389 | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.002 |
Cortisol (ng/mL) | 0.116 | 0.015 | 0.834 | 0.022 | 0.507 | 0.317 | 0.840 |
Interaction 2 | Breed 3 | Sup | Period | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item 4 | Sup | Prd | DOR | KAT | STC | SEM | Low | High | SEM | 1 | 2 | 3 | SEM |
HR (beats/min) | 75.6 | 76.1 | 77.8 | 2.91 | 72.9 | 80.1 | 2.37 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 1.92 | |||
GLC (mg/dL) | 58.6 | 58.6 | 59.8 | 1.81 | 58.1 | 59.9 | 1.48 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 1.18 | ||
LAC (mg/dL) | 19.8 | 26.0 | 18.6 | 1.91 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 1.65 | 25.5 b | 20.9 a | 18.1 a | 1.63 | ||
TP (g/dL) | 7.35 | 7.65 | 7.52 | 0.112 | 7.43 | 7.58 | 0.092 | 7.73 c | 7.53 b | 7.25 a | 0.082 | ||
ALB (g/dL) | 2.65 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 0.035 | 2.59 | 2.64 | 0.028 | 2.53 a | 2.63 b | 2.68 b | 0.029 | ||
CHL (mg/dL) | 82.1 | 77.7 | 74.5 | 2.05 | 80.2 | 76.1 | 1.67 | ||||||
Low | 88.1 c | 80.3 b | 72.0 a | 2.32 | |||||||||
High | 82.2 b | 73.4 a | 73.6 a | ||||||||||
TG (mg/dL) | 28.8 | 28.9 | 25.1 | 1.52 | 25.7 | 29.5 | 1.24 | 24.0 a | 30.9 c | 27.9 b | 1.11 | ||
Low | 1 | 22.8 ab | 25.0 abc | 22.2 a | 2.73 | ||||||||
Low | 2 | 31.5 cde | 25.8 abcd | 25.1 abc | |||||||||
Low | 3 | 26.2 abcd | 25.3 abc | 27.9 bcde | |||||||||
High | 1 | 24.4 abc | 26.7 abcd | 23.2 ab | |||||||||
High | 2 | 34.6 ef | 39.6 f | 29.1 bcde | |||||||||
High | 3 | 33.4 def | 31.1 cde | 23.2 ab | |||||||||
NEFA (mEq/L) | 0.400 | 0.346 | 0.400 | ||||||||||
Low | 0.546 c | 0.328 b | 0.503 c | 0.0347 | |||||||||
High | 0.513 c | 0.198 a | 0.203 a | ||||||||||
TAC (μM) | 200 a | 221 b | 219 b | 3.6 | 211 | 215 | 2.9 | 199 a | 215 b | 225 c | 3.1 | ||
Low | 1 | 183 a | 209 bc | 191 a | 7.5 | ||||||||
Low | 2 | 201 ab | 217 bcd | 209 bc | |||||||||
Low | 3 | 210 bcd | 230 de | 250 e | |||||||||
High | 1 | 186 a | 204 ab | 219 bcd | |||||||||
High | 2 | 201 ab | 248 e | 216 bcd | |||||||||
High | 3 | 217 bcd | 216 bcd | 227 cd | |||||||||
COR (ng/mL) | 19.9 | 28.6 | 25.5 | 2.42 | 20.0 a | 29.4 b | 1.97 | 28.8 b | 22.6 a | 22.7 a | 2.02 |
p Value 2 | Dorper | Katahdin | St. Croix | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item 3 | n 4 | Brd | Sup | Brd*Sup | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | SEM |
Initial | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.211 | 0.397 | 0.772 | 3.29 | 3.41 | 3.29 | 3.29 | 2.99 | 3.18 | 0.139 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.005 | 0.579 | 0.735 | 16.13 | 16.96 | 14.88 | 14.96 | 13.44 | 13.38 | 0.586 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.005 | 0.623 | 0.847 | 13.72 | 14.22 | 12.69 | 12.81 | 11.53 | 11.50 | 0.463 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.021 | 0.840 | 0.693 | 10.90 | 11.31 | 10.43 | 10.35 | 9.84 | 9.69 | 0.339 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.020 | 0.914 | 0.800 | 9.27 | 9.49 | 8.89 | 8.86 | 8.44 | 8.33 | 0.258 |
Week 4 | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.499 | 0.108 | 0.634 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 3.29 | 3.46 | 3.06 | 3.39 | 0.129 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.049 | 0.127 | 0.801 | 16.15 | 17.38 | 15.25 | 15.80 | 13.53 | 15.09 | 0.770 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.030 | 0.112 | 0.762 | 13.84 | 14.74 | 13.03 | 13.43 | 11.70 | 12.90 | 0.548 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.093 | 0.347 | 0.745 | 11.26 | 11.70 | 10.95 | 10.94 | 9.99 | 10.65 | 0.433 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.052 | 0.368 | 0.661 | 9.65 | 9.93 | 9.35 | 0.30 | 8.64 | 9.11 | 0.282 |
Week 8 | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.042 | 0.009 | 0.647 | 3.27 | 3.61 | 3.33 | 3.57 | 2.91 | 3.36 | 0.111 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.010 | 0.092 | 0.943 | 15.65 | 16.91 | 14.53 | 15.38 | 12.48 | 13.76 | 0.690 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.015 | 0.083 | 0.955 | 13.46 | 14.52 | 12.50 | 13.30 | 10.96 | 12.09 | 0.586 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.019 | 0.288 | 0.873 | 10.86 | 11.05 | 10.23 | 10.57 | 9.12 | 9.71 | 0.391 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.032 | 0.255 | 0.853 | 9.33 | 9.49 | 8.80 | 9.13 | 8.01 | 8.53 | 0.326 |
Change, wk 0 to 4 | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.124 | 0.147 | 0.380 | −0.02 | −0.05 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.071 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.272 | 0.035 | 0.246 | 0.025 | 0.426 | 0.369 | 0.846 | 0.089 | 1.710 | 0.375 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.480 | 0.083 | 0.412 | 0.118 | 0.517 | 0.338 | 0.623 | 0.167 | 1.401 | 0.375 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.822 | 0.278 | 0.409 | 0.367 | 0.395 | 0.522 | 0.593 | 0.147 | 0.959 | 0.312 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.944 | 0.300 | 0.371 | 0.378 | 0.447 | 0.462 | 0.433 | 0.194 | 0.782 | 0.225 |
Change, wk 4 to 8 | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.387 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.11 | −0.15 | −0.03 | 0.060 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.417 | 0.972 | 0.865 | −0.504 | −0.477 | −0.726 | −0.412 | −1.049 | −1.329 | 0.554 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.527 | 0.688 | 0.876 | −0.383 | −0.219 | −0.524 | −0.132 | −0.739 | −0.814 | 0.463 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.566 | 0.981 | 0.764 | −0.396 | −0.649 | −0.717 | −0.375 | −0.870 | −0.935 | 0.394 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.673 | 0.690 | 0.712 | −0.315 | −0.446 | −0.555 | −0.163 | −0.627 | −0.575 | 0.303 |
Change, wk 0 to 8 | |||||||||||
BCS | 85 | 0.288 | 0.006 | 0.963 | −0.02 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.29 | −0.08 | 0.17 | 0.070 |
BMI-WH | 85 | 0.791 | 0.090 | 0.677 | −0.478 | −0.051 | −0.357 | 0.424 | −0.960 | 0.381 | 0.514 |
BMI-WP | 85 | 0.947 | 0.093 | 0.806 | −0.265 | 0.297 | −0.185 | 0.491 | −0.571 | 0.587 | 0.488 |
BMI-GH | 85 | 0.396 | 0.181 | 0.239 | −0.038 | −0.254 | −0.194 | 0.219 | −0.723 | 0.025 | 0.254 |
BMI-GP | 85 | 0.642 | 0.135 | 0.346 | 0.062 | 0.000 | −0.092 | 0.270 | −0.433 | 0.206 | 0.221 |
Variable 1 | ||||||||||
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Week | n | Variable | Parameter | BCS | BW, Full (kg) | BW, Shrunk (kg) | Water (%) | Fat (%) | Protein (%) | Energy (MJ/kg) |
0 | 75 | BCS | r | 0.70 | 0.69 | −0.65 | 0.63 | −0.65 | 0.63 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
75 | BMI-WH | r | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.82 | −0.72 | 0.70 | −0.72 | 0.69 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
75 | BMI-WP | r | 0.71 | 0.86 | 0.85 | −0.77 | 0.74 | −0.77 | 0.73 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
75 | BMI-GH | r | 0.61 | 0.76 | 0.75 | −0.64 | 0.61 | −0.64 | 0.61 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
75 | BMI-GP | r | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.81 | −0.70 | 0.67 | −0.70 | 0.67 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
4 | 79 | BCS | r | 0.69 | 0.71 | −0.57 | 0.53 | −0.57 | 0.53 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
79 | BMI-WH | r | 0.73 | 0.89 | 0.89 | −0.64 | 0.58 | −0.64 | 0.57 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
79 | BMI-WP | r | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.90 | −0.69 | 0.63 | −0.69 | 0.63 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
79 | BMI-GH | r | 0.64 | 0.85 | 0.84 | −0.57 | 0.51 | −0.57 | 0.50 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
79 | BMI-GP | r | 0.62 | 0.86 | 0.85 | −0.63 | 0.58 | −0.63 | 0.57 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
8 | 85 | BCS | r | 0.73 | 0.75 | −0.64 | 0.60 | −0.64 | 0.59 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
85 | BMI-WH | r | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.80 | −0.68 | 0.63 | −0.68 | 0.63 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
85 | BMI-WP | r | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.83 | −0.70 | 0.66 | −0.65 | 0.59 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
85 | BMI-GH | r | 0.60 | 0.76 | 0.76 | −0.65 | 0.60 | −0.65 | 0.59 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
85 | BMI-GP | r | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.82 | −0.70 | 0.65 | −0.70 | 0.64 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Variable 1 | ||||||||||
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Week | n | Variable | Parameter | BCS | BW, Full (kg) | BW, Shrunk (kg) | Water (kg) | Fat (kg) | Protein (kg) | Energy (MJ) |
0–4 | 69 | BCS | r | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
P | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.096 | 0.172 | 0.096 | 0.106 | ||||
69 | BMI-WH | r | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.19 | |
P | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.010 | 0.234 | 0.010 | 0.127 | |||
69 | BMI-WP | r | 0.44 | 0.61 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.41 | |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.132 | 0.002 | 0.132 | 0.001 | |||
69 | BMI-GH | r | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.35 | −0.13 | 0.35 | −0.11 | |
P | 0.067 | 0.006 | 0.128 | 0.004 | 0.271 | 0.004 | 0.410 | |||
69 | BMI-GP | r | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.11 | |
P | 0.022 | <0.001 | 0.017 | 0.055 | 0.502 | 0.055 | 0.361 | |||
4–8 | 79 | BCS | r | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
P | 0.008 | 0.025 | 0.494 | 0.369 | 0.494 | 0.300 | ||||
79 | BMI-WH | r | 0.22 | 0.39 | 0.17 | −0.09 | 0.19 | −0.09 | 0.19 | |
P | 0.051 | 0.001 | 0.142 | 0.428 | 0.100 | 0.428 | 0.092 | |||
79 | BMI-WP | r | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.10 | −0.12 | 0.17 | −0.12 | 0.17 | |
P | 0.003 | <0.001 | 0.365 | 0.282 | 0.132 | 0.282 | 0.131 | |||
79 | BMI-GH | r | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.16 | −0.15 | 0.23 | −0.15 | 0.23 | |
P | 0.662 | 0.004 | 0.162 | 0.202 | 0.044 | 0.202 | 0.042 | |||
79 | BMI-GP | r | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.09 | −0.21 | 0.23 | −0.21 | 0.23 | |
P | 0.233 | 0.001 | 0.456 | 0.066 | 0.041 | 0.066 | 0.044 | |||
0–8 | 75 | BCS | r | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.35 | |
P | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.004 | <0.001 | 0.002 | ||||
75 | BMI-WH | r | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.54 | |
P | 0.010 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
75 | BMI-WP | r | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 0.56 | |
P | 0.020 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
75 | BMI-GH | r | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | |
P | 0.041 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.005 | |||
75 | BMI-GP | r | 0.22 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.36 | |
P | 0.060 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
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Lourencon, R.V.; Patra, A.K.; Puchala, R.; Dawson, L.J.; Ribeiro, L.P.d.S.; Encinas, F.; Goetsch, A.L. Effects of Nutritional Plane at Breeding on Feed Intake, Body Weight, Condition Score, Mass Indexes, and Chemical Composition, and Reproductive Performance of Hair Sheep. Animals 2023, 13, 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040735
Lourencon RV, Patra AK, Puchala R, Dawson LJ, Ribeiro LPdS, Encinas F, Goetsch AL. Effects of Nutritional Plane at Breeding on Feed Intake, Body Weight, Condition Score, Mass Indexes, and Chemical Composition, and Reproductive Performance of Hair Sheep. Animals. 2023; 13(4):735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040735
Chicago/Turabian StyleLourencon, Raquel Vasconcelos, Amlan Kumar Patra, Ryszard Puchala, Lionel James Dawson, Luana Paula dos Santos Ribeiro, Fabiola Encinas, and Arthur Louis Goetsch. 2023. "Effects of Nutritional Plane at Breeding on Feed Intake, Body Weight, Condition Score, Mass Indexes, and Chemical Composition, and Reproductive Performance of Hair Sheep" Animals 13, no. 4: 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040735
APA StyleLourencon, R. V., Patra, A. K., Puchala, R., Dawson, L. J., Ribeiro, L. P. d. S., Encinas, F., & Goetsch, A. L. (2023). Effects of Nutritional Plane at Breeding on Feed Intake, Body Weight, Condition Score, Mass Indexes, and Chemical Composition, and Reproductive Performance of Hair Sheep. Animals, 13(4), 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040735