Milk yield of mares and growth of foals in the large-type Zhemaitukai breed
2001
Shveistiene, R. (Lithuanian Institute of Animal Science, Baisogala (Lithuania))
Large-type Zhemaitukai foals are distinguished by high growth rate under normal conditions. The growth is most intensive to 6 months of age and afterwards it slows down. The chest girth and body length increase most intensively to one year of age. The body measurements of the adult horse are reached at the age of 3 to 4 years. The studies of the milk production by large-type Zhemaitukai mares indicated that the mares yielded daily on the average 15.07 kg of milk in the first lactation month and on the average 2219 kg of milk in five lactation months. Large-type Zhemaitukai mares produced on the average 28.2 g of milk per each kg of their own body weight and by this indicator surpassed heavy-draught and light-type mares. The average milk composition of large-type Zhemaitukai mares was 2.4 per cent fat, 2.9 per cent protein, 6.1 per cent lactose, 0.4 per cent ash and 11.6 per cent dry matter
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