The Damascus goat, also known as the Shami, is a native breed of Syria and other Near East countries. It was imported into Cyprus some 70 years ago to upgrade the local Cypriot goat population. For over 40 years it has been improved through genetic selection for milk and meat. The Damascus goat was one of the breeds that the Technical Consultation of FAO/UNEB on Animal Genetic Resources, Conser...

Department of Animal Science and Nutrition, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Khanpura, Babugonj, Barisal, Bangladesh The research was conducted to study the effect of heat stress on blood parameter, carcass characteristics and meat quality of the Black Bengal goat. Nine goats were randomly and equally divided into three groups having almost same age and weight. Three groups were di...

this was a study to investigate quantitative and qualitative characteristics of fiber extracted from crossbred goats derived from female hair goats indigenous of qom and male cashmere goats of south of khorasan. from a total of 75 indigenous and cross goats aged 1-3, qualities such as the percentage of cashmere in fleece, percentage of hair in fleece, hair staple length, cashmere staple length,...

Data from smallholder flocks of adult West African Dwarf (WAD) and Red Sokoto goats (n = 824) and Yankasa, Uda and Balami sheep (n = 636) were utilized to investigate the distribution and frequencies of certain qualitative traits. The animals were randomly sampled in Northern parts of Nigeria. They were scored for the presence or absence of wattle, beard, horn, coat colour [Phaeomelanic standar...

Background: Most leptospiral infections in sheep and goat are asymptomatic but may result in high fever, abortion, stillbirth, agalactiae. There is a different foraging behavior between sheep and goat that may cause the different prevalence of Leptospira interrogans infection in sheep and goats. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to compare the prevalence of L. interrogans antibod...

An experiment was conducted on eight weak and anaemic goats revealed pale conjunctivae, increased heart rate, rough hair coat, dullness and depression. The haematology showed significantly decreased haemoglobin (7.37±0.16 g %), packed cell volume (PCV)(23.37±0.56%),total erythrocyte count (TEC)(8.12±0.18 million/cumm), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) (9.10±0.30 pg) and mean corpuscular volum...

an experiment was conducted on eight weak and anaemic goats revealed pale conjunctivae, increased heart rate, rough hair coat, dullness and depression. the haematology showed significantly decreased haemoglobin (7.37±0.16 g %), packed cell volume (pcv)(23.37±0.56%),total erythrocyte count (tec)(8.12±0.18 million/cumm), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (mch) (9.10±0.30 pg) and mean corpuscular volum...