Effect of pelleting on nutritional value of total mixed ration for Pre-weaning and Post-weaning goats

The number of goats in Malaysia decreased by 0.7% in 2016, to 145 999. However, as the world's population is expected to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050, demand for goat meat is expected to increase by 60%. (Brito et al., 2016). There is a lack of understanding in Malaysia about the diet of lactating sheep and goats. Since the TMR feeding method is impractical for small herds, regular tracking of high moisture ingredients is essential. Ingredients can be sorted by animals, the feed can get overheated and rotten, and the feed cannot be stored for an extended period of time. The main concerns are its physical form and higher moisture content. Napier grass makes up 40% of the total TMR composition, and it has a moisture content of 60-78%, resulting in a moisture content of 50% in finished TMR. As an alternative, the conventional TMR can be pelleted to increase the efficiency of the TMR use. Therefore, the nutritional values of feedstuff of TMR pellets, this analysis was conducted. Therefore, the current study aims to determine the nutritional values of TMR ingredients as well as to evaluate the effect of pelleting on the nutritional contents of TMR. Pre-weaning goats cTMR chemical composition 90.27% of DM, 35.82% of FC, 62.01 % of EE, 3.69% CP, 44.46 % of Ash and 8.95% Moisture while TMRp contain 94.86% of DM, 30.68% of CF, 17.05% of EE, 3.75 % of CP, 55.98 % of Ash and 4.07 % of moisture. Post-weaning chemical composition for CTMR 90.27 % of DM, 35.82 % of CF, 62.01 % of EE, 3.69 % of CP, 44.46 % of Ash and 8.95 % of Moisture while TMRp contain 94.86 % of DM, 30.68 % of CF, 17.05 % of EE, 3.75 % of CP, 55.98 % of Ash and 4.07 % of Moisture. In conclusion, TMRp formulation for pre-weaning and post-weaning had most nutrient loss since undergo pelleting process but only CP and DM increased.