dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Koop, Gerrit | |
dc.contributor.author | Huisman, Martine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-04T00:00:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-04T00:00:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/43861 | |
dc.description.abstract | Providing goats with probiotics could improve the goats health. Moreover, it could reduce the use of
antibiotics. This study investigated whether probiotics have a positive effect on the health of dairy
goats in late gestation. A total of 40 healthy dairy goats in late gestation were randomly divided into
two groups, they were fed the same feed and were kept together in one pen. The probiotics group
received a treatment with the Probiotics Biokult Advanced® and Orthiflor Plus® for four days. The
control group received water as a placebo. In both groups the rectal temperature decreased
significantly after 14 days, this was correlated to a decrease in ambient temperature. However,
between the two groups no significant difference in rectal temperature decrease was observed.
Moreover, no significant difference in body condition score and hair coat condition were detected.
Furthermore, the general impression of the goats remained unchanged. Based on the results of this
study, it can be concluded that four days of probiotics has no measurable positive or negative effects
on the health of late gestation dairy goats in the ten days after the treatment. More research with
probiotics in dairy goats should be conducted in the future with a longer study period and a larger
sample size. This way, it is possible to further investigate which bacteria have a positive effect on the
dairy goat | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | The Effect of Oral Probiotics on Behavior, Rectal Temperature, Body Condition Score and Hair Coat Condition in Late Gestation Dairy Goats | |
dc.title | The Effect of Oral Probiotics on Behavior, Rectal Temperature, Body Condition Score and Hair Coat Condition in Late Gestation Dairy Goats | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Dairy Goats; Late gestation; Health; Probiotics; Bacteria; Behavior; General Impression; Rectal
Temperature; Body condition Score; BCS; Hair Coat condition | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Gezondheidszorg landbouwhuisdieren en vet. volksgezondheid | |
dc.thesis.id | 16297 | |