Physical, metabolic, and microbial rumen development in goat kids: a review on the challenges and strategies of early weaningAbdelsattar, M. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-3062, Zhao, W., Saleem, A. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7421-3074, Kholif, A. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0472-4770, Vargas Bello Pérez, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-5752 and Zhang, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-7553 (2023) Physical, metabolic, and microbial rumen development in goat kids: a review on the challenges and strategies of early weaning. Animals, 13 (15). 2420. ISSN 2076-2615
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.3390/ani13152420 Abstract/SummaryThe digestive system of newborn ruminant functions is similar to monogastric animals, and therefore milk flows into the abomasum instead of rumen for digestion. The rumen undergoes tremendous changes over time in terms of structure, function, and microbiome. These changes contribute to the smooth transition from the dependence on liquid diets to solid diets. Goat kids are usually separated at early ages from their dams in commercial intensive systems. The separation from dams minimizes the transfer of microbiota from dams to newborns. In this review, understanding how weaning times and methodologies could affect the normal development and growth of newborn goats may facilitate the development of new feeding strategies to control stress in further studies.
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