Table 3
Body weight, average daily gain and feed conversion ratio of goats supplemented with different levels of choline chloride through forced drinking during pre-parturition and parturition

Variables	Level of choline chloridea (g/2days)			SEM	P-value
	0	4	8
Pre-parturition
Initial body weight, kg	38.88	38.75	38.81	3.81	0.998
Body weight pre-parturition, kg	45.38	45.25	44.83	4.02	0.958
Average daily gain during late pregnancy, g	116.07	119.07	107.14	33.18	0.826
Feed conversion ratio, DMI/ADG	10.14	10.48	11.08	2.85	0.840
Parturition
Body weight at kidding, kg	36.75	37.13	35.80	3.64	0.757
Body weight decreased at kidding, kg	8.63	8.13	9.01	1.69	0.584
Body weight at 12 weeks lactation, kg	37.38	40.44	40.06	3.24	0.144
Average daily gain during the first 12 weeks lactation, g	7.44c	39.44b	50.74b	23.08	0.003