Horned antelopes
Tragelaphus spp.
Natuurlijk dieet Horned antelopes
Horned antelopes are primarily herbivorous browsers. Their diet mainly consists of woody plants like leaves, shrubs and herbs. Occasionally, grasses and fruits are consumed, but this is often insignificant.
Voedingsadvies Horned antelopes
Voerhoeveelheid per dag
2-8%
Voorbeeld van procentberekening
If an animal weighs 100 kg and eats 5% of its body weight, it will get
100 x 0,05 = 5 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
80% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0,2 x 5 kg = 1.000 g concentrates
0,8 x 5 kg = 4.000 g browse
Voedingsadvies Horned antelopes
Voerhoeveelheid per dag
2-8%
Voorbeeld van procentberekening
If an animal weighs 100 kg and eats 5% of its body weight, it will get
100 x 0,05 = 5 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
80% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0,2 x 5 kg = 1.000 g concentrates
0,8 x 5 kg = 4.000 g browse
Dieetadviezen
Aanbevolen
Variety of browse (willow, oak, chestnut or lime)
Pellets
Salt lick
In moderation
Variety of leafy greens
Alfalfa hay
Niet aanbevolen
Fruits
Veelvoorkomende ziekten
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Selenium deficiency
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Rumen acidosis
- Deformed hooves
- Obesity
Aanvullend advies
- Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
- Supplement the diet with ad libitum roughages and browse (read more about browsers and grazers).
- The browse used in the diet can be a mixture between dried and fresh browse.
- In the winter months, either dried, frozen (thawed) branches or leaf silage should be provided.
- Feeding fruits might lead to might lead to gastro-intestinal disturbances because of the high sugar level and low fiber level in cultivated fruits compared to wild fruits (read more about nutritional values of (wild) fruits and vegetables).
- Stimulate foraging behaviour by hiding, stacking or hanging the feed (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).
Dieetadviezen
Aanbevolen
Variety of browse (willow, oak, chestnut or lime)
Pellets
Salt lick
In moderation
Variety of leafy greens
Alfalfa hay
Niet aanbevolen
Fruits
Veelvoorkomende ziekten
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Selenium deficiency
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Rumen acidosis
- Deformed hooves
- Obesity
Species within this group
- Greater kudu
- Lesser kudu
- Bongo
- Nyala
- Harnessed bushbuck
- Cape bushbuck
- Sitatunga
