Body condition scores (BCS) and/or body weights (BWT) are often used as visual or tactile management tools to evaluate and improve reproductive competency in pasture-managed small ruminant animals. This study was designed relationships between BCS, BWT traits (number born alive weaned, litter size, birth weaning weights) 16 purebred Kiko, 11 Boer 7 Kiko x crossbred meat goat dams that were semi...

Livestock are an integral part of agriculture that contribute to 35 49% the agricultural GDP, 37 87% household incomes, and 15 17% foreign exchange earnings country. There about 33.02 million heads sheep 38.96 goats’ population in Ethiopia. They important components livestock subsector sources cash income, milk, meat, wool, manure, saving or risk mitigation during crop failures, property securi...

The objective of this study was to determine the reproductive performance Kacang goats in a closed population area Oro-Oro Farm located Sawohan Village, Buduran Subdistrict, Sidoarjo Regency. We used 146 goat with range parity from 1 > 7. Data analysis carried out using ANOVA test, Least Significant Difference (LSD) coefficient variation test and descriptive measure litter size, pre-weaning ...

the objective of this study was to evaluate genetic and phenotypic parameters for some reproductive traits of black bengal does. genetic parameters were estimated by residual maximum likelihood procedure, fitting an animal model ignoring maternal genetic or permanent environmental effects. the least-squares means of litter size at birth (lsb), litter size at weaning (lsw), litter weight at birt...

The objectives of the study were to define the sensitivity and specificity of the California Mastitis Test (CMT) in determining the presence of intramammary infection in postpartum dairy goats and to determine whether antibiotic therapy increased bacteriological cure rate and lowered somatic cell count (SCC) compared with untreated controls. A CMT was performed and milk samples were collected f...

The objectives of this study were to characterize the mating capacity of bucks under range condition and assess the effect of mating frequency on flock fertility. Two adjacent flocks of crossbred goats (Criolloxdairy breeds; n=70 does, 5 bucks and 141 does, 4 bucks) were used in this study. The mating period was 16 and 20 days for each flock, respectively, in January and February, 1996. Mating ...

The present experiment aims to examine the efficiency of estrus synchronization using progesterone and equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) and to look at luteal function. During the non-breeding and breeding season, 5 adult female Korean native goats were injected intramuscularly with 2.5 ml of physiological saline as the control. A progesterone impregnated intravaginal sponge was then kept in...