Long-Term Feeding of Dairy Goats with 40% Artichoke by-Product Silage Preserves Milk Yield, Nutritional Composition and Animal Health Status
Paula Monllor,
Jihed Zemzmi,
Raquel Muelas,
Amparo Roca,
Esther Sendra,
Gema Romero,
José Ramón Díaz
Affiliations
Paula Monllor
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Jihed Zemzmi
Servicio de Nutrición y Bienestar Animal, Department of Ciencia Animal y de los Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Raquel Muelas
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Amparo Roca
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Esther Sendra
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Gema Romero
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
José Ramón Díaz
Department of Agro-Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
The aim of this work is to study the effect of 40% inclusion of artichoke by-product silage (AB) in dairy goat diets on milk yield, composition and animal health status during a full lactation period compared to an isoenergetic and isoproteic mixed ration based on alfalfa hay and a cereal and legume mixture. Milk yield was not affected by the dietary treatments, and neither was body weight. AB treatment reduced whey protein (0.38 vs. 0.42%, p p p > 0.05) or other macro-composition variables. AB treatment showed higher milk concentrations of Ca (p p p p p > 0.05) on the blood cholesterol and glucose of goats. The AB group reduced blood urea due to its high dietary total phenol content. However, it had a positive effect on β-hydroxybutyrate (p p > 0.05). It was concluded that 40% artichoke by-product inclusion in dairy goat feed for the whole lactation period (23 weeks) is a sustainable solution, reducing feeding cost by 12.5% per kg of dry matter, contributing to a better circular economy without any negative repercussions on the productivity and health of Murciano–Granadina dairy goats.
