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Small Ruminant Production Systems Stephan Wildeus Virginia State University. Breed Resource Evaluation at Virginia State University. Species comparison of meat goat and hair sheep breeds Evaluation of breed types within species
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Small Ruminant Production Systems Stephan Wildeus Virginia State University Beaver - 2006
Breed Resource Evaluation at Virginia State University • Species comparison of meat goat and hair sheep breeds • Evaluation of breed types within species • Goats: Nubian, Spanish, Myotonic, Pygmy, Boer x Spanish, and Boer and Kiko terminal sire kids • Sheep: Barbados Blackbelly, Katadhin, St. Croix Beaver - 2006
Program history • Initiated as Meat Goat Program in 1992 • Changed to Small Ruminant Program 1997 • introduced breeding flocks of Katahdin in 1997 • Barbados Blackbelly in 1998 • St. Croix hair sheep in 1999 • Emphasis on breed evaluation and forage-based, low-input production systems Beaver - 2006
Animal resources : hair sheep Barbados Blackbelly Katahdin St. Croix Beaver - 2006
Animal resources : goats Boer cross Pygmy Myotonic Spanish Beaver - 2006
Kidding performance of goat breeds under a forage-based, accelerated mating system (1996-2000) Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on pregnancy rate in meat goat breeds Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on prolificacy in meat goats during two breeding cycles Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on pregnancy rate in meat goat breeds Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on prolificacy in meat goats during two breeding cycles Cycle 2 Cycle 1 Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on pregnancy rate in hair sheep breeds Beaver - 2006
Effect of season and breed on pregnancy, lambing and weaning rate in hair sheep breeds Katahdin Blackbelly St. Croix Beaver - 2006
Effect of breeding season on prolificacy in hair sheep Beaver - 2006
Effect of production cycle on pregnancy rates Beaver - 2006
Effect of production cycle on lamb weaned as % ewe body weight Beaver - 2006
Estimated annualized performance under accelerated mating Beaver - 2006
Effect of season on pregnancy rate of replacement ewes • Reduced pregnancy rates in 11 mo old replacement ewes in July and March Nov Jul Mar Nov Jul Mar Nov Beaver - 2006
Forage-based feeding trials at VSU Beaver - 2006
Daily gain (lbs/d) in Spanish and Boer goats fed alfalfa hay diets in two different trials Beaver - 2006
Forage DMI in goats and hair sheep pen-fed fescue hay and 2% BW concentrate Beaver - 2006
Body weight and daily gain in goats and hair sheep fed fescue hay and concentrate (2% BW) Beaver - 2006
Live grade and ultrasonic backfat and rib eye in goats and hair sheep fed high forage diets Beaver - 2006
Nutritional quality of hay types and forage intake (Trial 2) Beaver - 2006
Growth rates of hair sheep lambs and meat goats kids fed alfalfa and grass hay (Trial 2) Beaver - 2006
Starting and final weights, and daily gain in goats and hair sheep fed forage-based diets (Trial 2) Beaver - 2006
Trial A • 36 weaned ewe and wether lambs (12/breed) • Fescue pasture; alfalfa hay • Hay group: 6 pens; 3 animal/pen balanced by breed • 0.75% body wt concentrate supplement Beaver - 2006
Trial B • 72 weaned ewe and wether lambs (24/breed); • Fescue pasture; mixed grass hay • Hay group: 6 pens balanced by breed • Concentrate supplementation at 1.5% body wt • Two levels of protein in concentrate (16.8% vs. 24.3%) Beaver - 2006
Nutritional quality of pasture and hay Beaver - 2006
Body weight changes in three hair sheep breeds reared on pasture or in pens (Trial A) BB: 0.12 lb/d KA: 0.19 lb/d STX: 0.17 lb/d Beaver - 2006
Carcass characteristics in three hair sheep breeds after forage feeding Beaver - 2006
Body weight changes in three hair sheep breeds reared on pasture or in pens (Trial B) BB: 0.16 lb/d KA: 0.24 lb/d STX: 0.19 lb/d Beaver - 2006
Body weight, growth and DM intake in lambs fed alfalfa hay (17.6% CP) with no supplement Beaver - 2006
Nitrogen use efficiency in lambs fed alfalfa hay Beaver - 2006
Growth of terminal sire Boer and Kiko crossbred kids Beaver - 2006
Performance of terminal sire kids pen-fed grass hay diets Beaver - 2006
Forage and total DMI of crossbred kids Beaver - 2006
Gastrointestinal Parasitism Beaver - 2006
Species differences in goats and hair sheep in mean FEC and PCV during the grazing season1 Beaver - 2006
Breed differences in goats and hair sheep in mean FEC and PCV during the grazing season1 Beaver - 2006
Effect of breed and feeding system on changes in fecal egg counts in lambs (2001 data) breed x feeding system P<.05 deworm Beaver - 2006
Effect of breed and feeding system on changes in packed blood cell volume (2001 data) breed P<.01; feeding system P<.01 deworm Beaver - 2006
Worm burden in three hair sheep breeds reared in pasture or in pens (2001 data) Beaver - 2006
Changes in fecal egg count in three hair sheep breeds reared on pasture or in pens (2003 data) Beaver - 2006
Changes in packed cell volume in three hair sheep breeds reared on pasture or in pens (2003 data) Beaver - 2006
Worm burden in three hair sheep breeds reared in pasture or in pens (2003 data) Beaver - 2006