in this study, production, reproduction, management and economic parameters deduced from recordings of 5 flocks with 720 heads of native goats during an annual cycle of production in transhumance, village and farming systems were employed to determine the traits' economic values. the economic values of the traits were estimated, using maximizing profit, revenue per cost as well as minimizi...

It has been adequately demonstrated that the new-born calf and kid acquire antibody proteins from ingested colostrum (1). These immune proteins appear in the blood stream of the young animal in a form immunologically indistinguishable from that in the colostrum (1). This apparent passage of intact protein through the gastrointestinal tract of the calf and kid is characteristic of the first few ...

The characterization of an orf virus (OV) isolated from skin lesions of a goat kid with severe, persistent, proliferative dermatitis, and designated orf virus-San Angelo 2000 (OV-SA00) strain, is described. The identity of OV-SA00 was confirmed by a combination of methods, including electron microscopy, amplification of specific fragments of viral DNA by polymerase chain reaction, restriction e...

Prenatal stress (stress experienced by a pregnant mother) and its effects on offspring have been comprehensively studied but relatively little research has been done on how prenatal social stress affects farm animals such as goats. Here, we use the operational description of 'stress' as "physical or perceived threats to homeostasis." The aim of this study was to investigate the prenatal effects...

The case study was conducted to show the effect of milking method in goat called half day milking on the milk production and the growth of kids. Data were collected by interviewing farmers and investigating goat production in the communal goat housing from June 2008 to May 2009. The interview was conducted to collect data about goat management. The observations were conducted on 10 goats, which...

As is clearly understood from its name, the origin of Maltese goats come Malta Island. Different information exist about past goats. Numbers that had been brought to our country long time ago are in critical threshold. In this study, some morphologic and other characteristics genotype which have husbandred experimental farm Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has meticulously investigated. While ...

In this study it was evaluated the environmental effects on body weights of goat kids from birth to 5 months of age of local goat population in Tunisia. Except for birth weight, individual records were adjusted for standard ages (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 months) using either extrapola on or interpolation on field data. Data were analyzed by SNK (α = 0.05) means comparison test and GLM procedure. The ki...