Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The objective of the experiment was to evaluate feeding management, feed nutritive value, and blood metabolites of pony horses in Lampang province in different seasons. It was found that feeding offered 1-3 times a day, composed of roughages on dry matter basis 3.95 kg or 1.2 percent of body weight. In addition either dry or high moisture concentrate feed was fed 1.76 kg of dry matter or 0.53 percent of body weight daily. The roughages were hay or green Pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha), green paragrass (Brachiaria mutica), and green baby corn-top. Crude protein and crude fiber of roughages were similar (P>0.05) among the cool, the summer and the rainy seasons. Paragrass in the cool and the rainy seasons as well as baby corn-top in the cool season had crude protein content higher than 10 percent on dry matter basis (P<0.05). Other nutrients were varied. The dry concentrate feed had the same amount of crude protein, crude fiber, calcium, and phosphorus in all seasons (P>0.05). However calcium and phosphorus in the high moisture concentrate feed in the rainy was higher than that in the summer (P<0.05). The roughage to concentrate ratio was approximately 2.24:1. Body weight of the horse the rainy season was not differ from that in the drought, i.e. 332.41 and 324.43 kg (P>0.05). No significant difference between seasons was found on blood glucose and blood urea (P>0.05). Total protein in blood in the drought was lower than that in the rainy season (P<0.05) while blood electrolytes including sodium and chloride were opposite. Seasons had no influence on potassium (P>0.05). A small amount of ketone was found in urine.
Institution: Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
Language: Thai
Subfield: Equine
Field: Veterinary
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7215518656