Suplementation Local Feed Urea Gula Air Multinutrient Block and Different Levels of Sulphur for Increasing Lactation Productivity Doe also Decreasing Kid Mortality Bligon Goat Grazed at Timor Savannah

Abstract

This research was conducted at the Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) Breeding Goat Sumlili, Sub-district of West Kupang, Regency of Kupang for 10 weeks from 17th November 2012 to 28th January 2013. Twelve does with initial body weight ranged from 14.2 - 23.8 kg (CV = 14.91) were used in the experiment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of local (Bligon) does and review their kids that reared under grazing in the savannah at West Timor supplemented with local feed water sugar urea multinutrient blocks (UGMB) and different levels of sulphur (S). Gula air were taken from Borassus sundaicus then cooked. Twenty Bligon goat lactating does and their kids were divided into four groups and used as subjects in the experiment. Does were randomly devided into 4 groups of treatment namely, R1 = 0.62% S in the doe kid + solid feed supplement; R2 = 0.62% S in the doe kid without a solid feed supplement; R3 = 0.93% S in the doe kid + solid feed supplement; R4 = 0.62% S in the doe kid without a solid feed supplement. The results of the experiment showed that averaged daily gain (ADG) (g/h/d) of the does were 60.71; 42.86; 52.57 and 45.83 and to the kids were 33.33; 20:24; 21:43; 17.86 for group R1, R2, R3 and R4, respectively (P <0.01). The ADG kids were better on higher milk consumption (P <0.05). All Signi cantly different treatment found in terms of protein and energy consumption, pH, VFA and NH3 of rumen uid but there was no effect of on both protein and energy digestibility. Averaged percentage of kid mortality was 0% R1 and R3, R2 and R4 33.3% 66.7%. It was concluded that local feed supplement with different sulphur increased the percentage of rumen fermentation product and crude protein content of milk and solid feed supplemented kid decrease kid mortality.