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Carcass and meat traits of goats fed diets containing cottonseed cake
Dallyson Yehudi Coura de Assis
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Fabiano Almeida de Oliveira
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Edson Mauro Santos
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba,
Areia, Paraíba, Code 58397-000, Brazil
Ana Alice Lima de Gouvêa
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Bruna Maria Aparecida de Carvalho
Institute of Agrarian Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Code 39404-547, Brazil
Camila de Oliveira Nascimento
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Luís Gabriel Alves Cirne
Institute of Biodiversity and Forestry, Universidade Federal do Oeste
do Pará, Santarém, Pará, Code 68035-110, Brazil
Douglas dos Santos Pina
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Aureliano José Vieira Pires
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da
Bahia, Itapetinga, Bahia, Code 45700-000, Brazil
Henry Daniel Ruiz Alba
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador,
Bahia, Code 40170-110, Brazil
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Short summary
Goats are produced in extensive systems with low productive yields. Therefore, intensive systems improve productivity; however, in this system, diet is the most costly parameter. The cottonseed cake has the necessary nutritional characteristics to be able to substitute traditional ingredients (such as soybean meal) and to reduce the diet cost. Thus, it is necessary to determine the best level of inclusion of cottonseed cake in feedlot goats' diets to improve meat production and quality.
Goats are produced in extensive systems with low productive yields. Therefore, intensive systems...
