01720naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024500840008026000090016452011840017365000160135765300210137365300240139470000160141870000160143470000160145077300600146615306862004-08-11       2002    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMORAND-FEHR, P.  aEffects of decoquinate on the growth and milk performance of young female goats  c2002  aln intensive conditions of goat milk production, the female goats can be mated as early as 7-8 months old (around 55% of adult live weight). The growth rate must be rapid from birth to the mating period. The purpose of the experiment is to know if decoquinate treatments in a goat flock without clinical coccidiosis can improve the growth and milk performances of replacement goats. Every year for 5 years, we compared two or three groups of young female Alpine goats of an experimental flock: the group S received a twice daily sulfadimerazine treatment for 3 days, and the groups D30 or D75 received 1 mg decoquinate/kg BW from 8 days before weaning to 30 or 75 days after weaning, respectively. At 7 months, the body weights of the D group were aIways higher than group S, by 1.4-4.8 kg. The 75-day treatment appeared to be more efficient for " weight gain than the 30-day treatment. ln aIl the cases, the feed efficiency was improved. The 100 or 200 days milk production of the first lactation was improved with the 75-day treatmept but flot the 30-day treatment. The effect on milk production was attributed to heavier live weight at mating and parturition of group D goats.  aCrescimento  aCaprino leiteiro  aProdução de leite1 aRICHARD, A.1 aTESSIER, J.1 aHERVIEU, J.  tSmall Ruminant Researchgv. 45, n. 2, p. 109-114, 2002.