Early life nutrition to improve feed efficiency in commercial dairy goats

本项目旨在提高商品奶山羊雏山羊的生产效率和福利，减少资源浪费。澳大利亚奶山羊产业正在扩大（每年约20%），但几乎没有研究克服障碍，提高牛奶和肉类生产。提高可持续性、减少浪费和维护动物福利的社会压力也在增加。通过研究提高公羊（肉用）和母羊（奶用）生产力的营养方法，该项目将产生与澳大利亚和国际山羊生产系统相关的新知识。该项目将帮助山羊生产者做出决定，最大限度地提高动物生产力，并为山羊产品制造商带来源源不断的利益。

This project aims to improve the productivity and welfare and reduce resource waste in commercial dairy goat kids. The Australian dairy goat industry is expanding (~20% per annum) yet there is little research to overcome hurdles to improving milk and meat production. There is also increased societal pressure to improve sustainability, reduce waste and maintain animal welfare. By investigating nutritional methods to improve productivity of male (for meat) and female (for milk) kids, this project will generate new knowledge relevant to Australian and international goat production systems. This project will assist goat producers to make decisions that maximise animal productivity with flow on benefits to manufacturers of goat products.