Two adult Angora goats were slaughtered each month for 24 consecutive months on a farm in Valley Bushveld in the eastern Cape Province. On the same farm 2 Angora goat kids were slaughtered each month for 2 consecutive years from the time they were 1 week old until they reached 12 months of age. All these goats were processed for the recovery of helminth and arthropod parasites. Fourteen nematod...

A cross sectional study was carried out from November 2014 to April 2015 to determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidiosis in calves, lambs and goat kids and to assess potential risk factors in Bishoftu, of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. Hence, fecal samples from a total of 364 study animals (214 calves, 89 lambs and 61 kids) were examined with Sheather’s flotation technique and Modified Ziehl...

The study aimed to investigate the effects of maternal age, birth type, gender, month and season on weight, weaning weight average daily gain Kilis goat kids reared in Gaziantep province. This evaluated a total 14956 born 2019 2020 participating national project named "Improvement Goat under Farm Conditions". result showed an 3.5±0.01 kg, 15.2±0.02 kg 193.4 g. Maternal sex, birth, year also aff...

In the northwest of Mexico, a desert zone, new alternatives are required to satisfy the needs of food in goats; evidence indicate that feeding with Salicornia bigelovii forage, could be a contribution to goat obtaining system. Regarding to this halophyte, the information related to its use as a forage supplement in Sonora desert is very limited, specifically in goats. The goal of this ...

The growing interest in reducing methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants by dietary means is constrained by the complexity of the microbial community in the rumen of the adult animal. The aim of this work was to study whether intervention in early life of goat kids has an impact on methane emissions and the microbial ecosystem in the rumen and whether the effects persist postweaning. Sixteen doe...

The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of maternal stress during pregnancy on the emotional reactivity, the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, and the sympatho-adrenomedullary (SAM) system of goat offspring according to their gender, and to investigate the role of maternal cortisol in prenatal stress effects. Goats were exposed to ten transports in isolation or ten...

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) continue to hinder small ruminant production because of anthelmintic resistance and lack of effective products for GIN control in organic production. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a commercially available certified organic garlic product, fresh garlic juice, or garlic bulbs as an anthelmintic to control GIN in goats and papaya s...

Breeding programs to promote the productivity of Indonesian local goats (i.e. Kacang Goats) in various regions have been carried out by cross-breeding with predominant breeds meat world such as Boer Goats. Currently, considering that genotypes cross-bred goat (namely Boerka Goat) spread and farmed farms throughout country, it is necessary evaluate increase achieved. This study aims investigate ...