Kazlarda Canlı Ağırlığa Bağlı Olarak Su Tüketimi ve Dışkı Üretimi

The aim of this study was to determine the average daily water consumption, daily faeces and faecal dry matter content in relation to body weight in Turkish geese. For this purpose, 24 adult male geese aged 48 weeks were used. The geese were weighed in terms of live weight at the beginning of the experiment and divided into 3 groups as low (3124 - 3864 grams), medium (3865 - 4160 grams) and high (4161 - 4780 grams). Data were taken from the geese for 24 hours one day every week for 4 weeks. Within 24 hours, water consumption and the amount of faeces produced by male geese fed with 200 g feed were determined. Faecal dry matter content was also determined. In the study, the amount of daily faeces did not differ according to the live weight groups and the average faeces amount was determined as 237.83 grams. Again, there was no difference in the amount of water consumed according to body weight, and an average water consumption of 600 ml was determined. The average faecal dry matter content was found to be 78.19%. The results of the study showed that daily water consumption was 3 times the average amount of feed consumed.