S3 Low/Moderate Quality Forage Supplement for Growing/Yearling Goats
The S3 supplement has been used to supplement growing/yearling goats grazing or consuming harvested forages with low crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) levels. The feeding rate is 0.75 percent of body weight on a dry matter basis, or about 0.83 percent of body weight on an as-fed basis. For a 30-kilogram (66-pound) goat, this would be 0.25 kilograms, as fed, or 0.55 pounds. Because some of the other treatments did not entail any concentrate feeding, a loose mineral/vitamin supplement was fed separately. Trace mineral and vitamin premixes are those used for the High Concentrate, Corn-Based Experimental Diet. The calculated composition on a dry matter basis is:
| CP – 30.2% | |
| TDN – 77.7% | |
| Ca – 0.51% | |
| P – 0.68% | |
| Ingredient | % (air dry basis) |
| Ground corn | 20.330 |
| Ground oats | 20.101 |
| Wheat middlings | 20.101 |
| Molasses | 6.629 |
| Soybean meal | 19.878 |
| Fish meal | 5.182 |
| Blood meal | 3.889 |
| Feather meal | 3.889 |
Reference: Hart, S. P. and A. L. Goetsch. 2001. Goat Diet/Feeding Examples. Pages 64-85 in Proc. 16th Ann. Goat Field Day, Langston University, Langston, OK.