Goat Nutrition
Use this group to discuss goat nutrition topics, including hay, pasture, noxious plants, minerals, browse, etc.
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Forage and Browse
Forage and Browse
Discuss natural forage and browse options, including grazing because…yes they do!
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American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control
Characteristics of Browse Plants for Goats and Sheep
NUTRITIONAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SAPONINS: A REVIEW
A spreadsheet I began about 5 years ago. I have no idea what the numbers represent specifically but it gives us an idea of trends at least. 😅
A GUIDE TO PLANTS THAT ARE POISONOUS TO HORSES AND LIVESTOCK
Herbal hedge ley to plant.
Saving here for looking at later. Various answers for the calcium:phosphorus ratio of timothy hay.
“Timothy hay seemed to have a lower CP concentration (14.4%) compared with reed canarygrass hay (17.1%) and a more desirable Ca:P ratio at 1.6:1 compared with 0.8:1 for reed canarygrass hay.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17032805/This has a table listing timothy at .48%ca and .23%p
https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/minerals-for-horses-calcium-and-phosphorus.htmlThis seems like it should cite sources, but states:
“The ideal calcium: phosphorus ratio if approximately 2:1. Alfalfa hay is higher in calcium than grass hay, whereas grass hay is higher in phosphorus. The average alfalfa hay calcium: phosphorus ratio is 5:1, whereas many grass hays range 1:1-2. The exception is timothy, with favorable calcium: phosphorus ratio of approximately 2:1.”
https://horseguard.com/blogs/general-horse-care/typical-differences-in-your-horses-hayFeedipedia says 3.3g/kg ca to 2.1g/kg p
https://www.feedipedia.org/node/16888
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Voluntary intake and digestibility of reed canarygrass and timothy hay fed to horses - PubMed
Thousands of hectares of timothy (Phleum pretense L.) grown in the Mid-Atlantic region are infected by cereal rust mite (Abacarus hysterix) that causes discoloration and curling of leaves, decreased nutritional quality, and substantial decreases in yield. A decline in production … Continue reading
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