Hostname: page-component-5c6d5d7d68-tdptf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-08-21T11:09:18.987Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Effect of biotin supplementation on hoof growth of Angora and Cashmere goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

M. A. Mengal ,
H. Galbraith  and
J. R. Scaife
M. A. Mengal
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
H. Galbraith
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
J. R. Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
Get access

Extract

Biotin is a water soluble vitamin, essential for post-absorptive metabolism in animals. A deficiency of the biotin has been associated with poor hoof horn formation in farm animals (Brooks et al., 1977). Biotin may be supplied from the diet or by microorganisms in the digestive tract. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of dietary biotin supplementation on hoof growth and composition of hoof horn in goats (a) during pre-ruminant milk-feeding and (b) following the development of rumination and exposure to microorganisms in the digestive tract.

Type
Programme
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 212
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Brooks, P.H., Smith, A.D. and Irwin, V.C.R. 1977. Biotin supplementation of diets; the incidence of the foot lesions, and reproductive performance of sows. Veterinary Record, 101, 46–50.10.1136/vr.101.3.46CrossRefGoogle Scholar