The research aimed to analyze the quality of compost (Ca, Mg, and CEC content) from various C/N ratios dairy goat feces, forage waste, straw. Experimental methods, design used a completely randomized (CRD), using treatment ratio 25 (T1), 30 (T2), 35 (T3), done six times. analysis results were tested with variance Duncan’s test. on rice straw, waste affect content Ca, value compost. For example,...

Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis is an active research area in China. The use of genotyping and subtyping tools in prevalence studies has led to the identification of unique characteristics of Cryptosporidium infections in humans and animals. Human cryptosporidiosis in China is exemplified by the high diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. at species and subtype levels, with dominant C. h...

In this cross-sectional study we identified flock-level risk factors for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection, in Greek dairy goat flocks. We collected 1599 milk samples from does that were at the last stage of lactation in 58 randomly selected dairy goat flocks, during May to September 2012. The collected samples were tested with a commercial milk ELISA (IdexxPourquier, ...

The aim of this experiment was to study the effects of substituting dietary barley grain with orange pulp or soybean hulls on energy, nitrogen and carbon balance, methane emission and milk performance in dairy goats. Twelve Murciano-Granadina dairy goats in midlactation were selected and divided into three groups based on similar body weight (42.1 ± 1.2 kg) and milk yield (2.16 ± 0.060 kg/goat/...

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for culling, sales and deaths in intensively managed dairy goat herds in New Zealand. A data set provided by the New Zealand Dairy Goat Cooperative (n = 13,197 does) was analyzed using a Cox proportional hazard model. The outcome of interest was length of productive life (LPL), defined as the number of days from the date of second kidding to th...

Alkaline phosphatase is used as the main marker in evaluation of successful milk pasteurization, although there concern about whether this method appropriate for non-cow milk. We systematically reviewed articles related to ALP and dairy products. From a total 183 studies retrieved, 31 were included review. Our study shows that most research focused on goat sheep milk, while other species are ra...

Dairy goat production is an emerging enterprise, which has a lot of potential for poverty alleviation, improved nutrition, and increased income for the poor and can play a role in contribution towards Kenya’s development plan. Inadequate information on prevalence of subclinical mastitis and antibiotic sensitivity are some of the challenges facing this industry. This study was carried out in dai...

This study reports the results of the first investigation on the use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment (QBA) in dairy goats, using a fixed-list of descriptors specifically developed for this species. It aimed to verify whether QBA can be reliably used by observers with different backgrounds to differentiate between the emotional states of goats kept under different environmental conditions. T...

The Norwegian dairy goat industry has largely succeeded in controlling caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE), caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) and paratuberculosis through a voluntary disease eradication programme called Healthier Goats (HG). The aim of this study was to apply an on-farm welfare assessment protocol to assess the effects of HG on goat welfare. A total of 30 dairy goat farms were visit...

Agricultural University Athens (Greece); 2 Centre international de Ressources et de Valorisation de l'information sur les filières laitières petits ruminants; 20250 Corti (France); INRA, Systèmes Agraires et Développement C/0 Agricultural University of Athens (Greece) ; Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario per la Sardegna ; Olmedo , (Italy) ; INRA, Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Développement de l'é...