IMPACT OF USING DIFFERENT STOCKING RATES OF GOATS UNDER PINE PLANTATION ON PLANT SPECIES OCCURRENCE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTIVITY

Anthony S. Kumi, India Howard, Ronald C. Smith, Nar Gurung and Alphonso Elliott

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), 2014, vol. 02, issue 2, 12

Abstract: The study assessed the impact of using different stocking rates of goats under pine plantation on plant species occurrence and animal productivity. It was conducted on an 11 year-old loblolly pine plantation site in Epes, Alabama from July to October 2011. Thirty-six Kiko crossbred male goat kids of 4 to 5 months of age were assigned to different stocking rates, namely, low (4 goats/acre), medium (8 goats/acre), and high (12 goats/acre) with three replications each. Forage composition, animal daily gain (ADG) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were monitored. Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) was the most dominant grass species across all treatments. Quantities of understory plant species decreased across all stocking densities with season, but there were no statistical differences (p > 0.05); ADG and BUN were similar. Long-term studies need to be conducted before any meaningful inferences can be drawn.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/236772/files/Kumi.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:pawjal:236772

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.236772

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ) from Professional Agricultural Workers Conference
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().