Creep Feeding Supplemented with Roughages Improve Rumen Morphology in Pre-Weaning Goat Kids
Creep Feeding Supplemented with Roughages Improve Rumen Morphology in Pre-Weaning Goat Kids
Nay Naing Htoo1, Basit Zeshan1,2,*, Aung Tun Khaing1, Than Kyaw1, Erkihun Aklilu Woldegiorgis1 and Mohd Azam Khan1
Fig. 1.
Caudo-ventral sac of the rumen of experimental kids (12 weeks of age) showing the density of the rumen papillae per cm2 under stereo microscope (0.67×). A, rumen of kids with dam’s milk alone; B, rumen of kids fed milk + creep feed without roughage; C, rumen of kids fed milk + creep feed containing roughage.
Fig. 2.
Rumen papillae from ventral sacs, arrows show keratin layer of papillae in A, DM; B, CF and C, CFR.
The keratin layer of DM group is very thin, CF group was thick and compact and CFR group was thick and had vacuolated cells (× 20; bar = 500 µm).
April 2018
Vol. 50, Iss. 2, Pages 401-797
