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Productive behavior in growing kid goats and methane production with the inclusion of chokecherry leaf (Prunus salicifolia)

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Currently for the reduction of methane (CH4) emissions are using fodder rich in condensed tannins, however, not yet known exactly how they act in the rumen is not yet clear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of leaves of Prunus salicifolia (PS, 0%, 15%, and 30%) on the productive behavior of growing kid goats, methane production, nutritional value, fermentation, and ruminal digestibility through an in vivo and in vitro study was performed. Diets were administered ad libitum to 6 Saanen kids with live weight (LW) of 12.25 ± 2.25 kg. Three levels of inclusion were used in a diet based on ground corn grain, soybean meal, corn stover, and oat hay in substitution with P. salicifolia leaves. The in vivo productive behavior was determined, as well as the fermentation kinetics, in vitro gas production, CH4 and hydrogen (H2) in an in vitro system was determined. For the in vivo study, we used a 3 × 3 Latin square design in in vivo study and an analysis of variance with three replications for in vitro gas production. The inclusion of 30% increased (P = 0.0011) dry matter intake (DMI 589.33 g/day) compared to the control group (418.80 g/day). The highest N excretion (feces and urine) (P < 0.001) was for T0, in addition to presenting a negative nitrogen balance compared with T15 and T30. The production of CH4 (mM)/g DM incubated, and CH4 (mM)/g DM fermented, CH4 (mM/day), and H2 was lower (P < 0.05) in T30 than T0 and T15. CH4 (mM)/day was lower (P < 0.036) in T130 (283 mM/day) compared with T0 (407 mM/day) P. salicifolia is a forage that helps to reduce the production of methane and can be included in the diets of growing kid goats in amounts less than 30% without affecting production performance.

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The M in C. Liz Robles was benefited by a grant of the Conacyt during its studies of Doctorate, in the programa de Maestria y Doctorado en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico. This project was supported by UAEMex 4335/2017.

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  1. Departamento de Nutrición Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Instituto Literario 100, 50000, Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

    Lizbeth E. Robles Jimenez, Daniela Villegas-Estrada & Manuel Gonzalez-Ronquillo

  2. Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Agropecuario No. 150, Acambay, Estado de México, Mexico

    Jose A. Ruiz Perez

  3. North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Marianna, USA

    Di Lorenzo Nicolas

  4. División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, km 25, R/A, La Huasteca 2ª Sección, CP, 86280, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

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  5. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico

    Julio Cesar Ramirez-Rivera

  6. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 3, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez

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Robles Jimenez, L.E., Ruiz Perez, J.A., Nicolas, D.L. et al. Productive behavior in growing kid goats and methane production with the inclusion of chokecherry leaf (Prunus salicifolia). Trop Anim Health Prod 52, 1257–1267 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-02124-5

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