Case Study 13: Design of an experiment to compare performance and meat quality characteristics of three Ethiopian goat genotypes under varying nutritional conditions

Study protocol/Feeding regimes

Now the diets.

Three feeding regimes will be used:

Low feeding regime: a diet to support a growth of 50 g/d (concentrate: roughage ratio, 50:50)
High feeding regime: a diet to support a growth of 75 g/d (concentrate: roughage ratio, 80:20)
Medium level: a diet to support a growth of 62 g/d (concentrate: roughage ratio, 65:35).

The ration will be formulated following nutrient recommendations for developing countries. The feed ingredients will be native pasture hay (as a basal roughage diet) supplemented with wheat bran, oil cake (agro-industrial by-products) as concentrates, and salt.