Ten multiparous crossbred goats, ®ve each of alpine beetal (AB) and saanen beetal (SB) were selected from the National Dairy Research Institute goat herd immediately after parturition. These were managed as per the practices followed in the institute's goatherd. Blood and milk samples were collected at biweekly intervals from day 14 post-kidding for 22 weeks (154 days). Somatic cell count, elec...

Many of the chronic infectious disease problems in the goat herd are lifelong infections from exposure of kids near the time of birth. Infectious disease control programs start with planning kid-rearing strategies to minimize infection of the neonate. Pasteurized rearing strategies are commonly used to prevent mycoplasmosis and caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV), however pasteurized re...

As a more detailed continuation of a previous study, faecal samples for worm egg counts were collected per rectum from ten marked adult animals in selected flocks of goats, in each of six villages evenly spread out in the communal farming district of Okakarara in eastern Namibia. The study was conducted on a monthly basis from August 1999 to July 2000. Average faecal worm egg counts (FECs) were...

Survey of farmer was done to record the farmer's profile, livestock production system, socio - economic condition in pre constructed preforms for selection farmers. revealed that average annual income farmers at beginning intervention Traimbakeshwar and Ambegaon taluka Rs. 25,270/- 26,530/-respectively. So, based on survey, 14 SC 20 ST, altogether 34 resource poor were selected randomly. Necess...

the present study was conducted with a view to know the productive and reproductive performance of jamunapari, black bengal and crossbred goats in chittagong district during the period of may to december 2012. the data on productive and reproductive traits were collected from 324 goats as a whole. in the present study, the birth weight of jamunapari goats was higher than other crosses. the adul...

A research study was carried out on the indirect selection efforts amongst small scale holders of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats based on coat pigmentation and wattle types in Ogbomoso, Nigeria using personal interviews and structured questionnaires given using simple random on-farm techniques. The questionnaires were focused on the ownership distribution, preferred pigmentation and wattle type...