Essential amino acid requirements of meat and milk goats

Date
2004
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Publisher
South African Society for Animal Science
Abstract
The essential amino acid (EAA) profile of the Boer goat and Saanen kids was investigated. The EAA composition of the components differed from the whole empty body (WEB) concentration. No significant differences between the two species WEB EAA composition were found. Therefore, the average empty body EAA composition (g EAA/100 g crude protein) for goats was as follows: 5.65 arginine; 2.69 histidine; 2.94 isoleucine; 7.86 leucine; 6.83 lysine; 1.83 methionine; 3.04 phenylalanine; 5.55 threonine; 4.86 valine. This composition can serve as the ideal EAA requirements for growth in meat and milk goats.
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CITATION: Ferreira, A. V. 2004. Essential amino acid requirements of meat and milk goats. South African Journal of Animal Science. 34(5):46-48.
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Keywords
Goats, Goats, Amino acids in animal nutrition, Imino acids
Citation
Ferreira, A. V. 2004. Essential amino acid requirements of meat and milk goats. South African Journal of Animal Science. 34(5):46-48