this study was performed to determine the effects of different levels of chromium methionine (cr-met)supplementation on growth performance, meat oxidative stability and ruminal metabolites in male kids. thirty-two male mahabadi goat kids, with an average initial body weight (bw) of 22 ± 2 kg at 4 months of age, were allocated in a completely randomized design with four treatments: control witho...

production, reproduction, management and economic parameters resulted from recordings of 5 flocks comprised of 720 heads of native goats during annual cycle of reproduction in transhumance, village and farming systems were employed to determine the performance of traits, cost-profit analysis as well as breeding objective. the overall mean for number of salable kid per goat in transhumance, vill...

The Effect of Consumption Extra Milk Replacer Over Mother's on Growth Efficiency and Blood Parameters Mahabadi Suckling Goat Kids

this study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of injection of essential oil of eugenia caryophyllata in the kid horn buds, as a new chemical technique for disbudding. five-day-old healthy goat kids from both sexes (n = 16) were divided randomly into 4 equal groups. in groups 1, 2 and 3, 0.2 ml of clove essence and in group 4 (control) 0.2 ml of normal saline was injected into the left horn ...

acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase α (acc-alpha) is considered as the key regulatory enzyme in fatty acid biosynthesis. acc-alpha gene is located on caprine chromosome 11 and is polymorphic in many goat breeds. in the current study, we aimed to find possible single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) in the exon 1 region of the acc-alpha gene in iranian mahabadi goat breed. genomic dna was extracted fro...

prophet of pou1f1 (prop1) plays direct or indirect important roles in the morphogenesis of pituitary gonadotropes as well as lactotropes, somatotropes and caudomedial thyrotropes. it also controls the expression of growth hormone, prolactin and thyrotropin subunits through regulatory pit1 factor. these hormones have important influences on production traits in most animal species including the ...

a study to evaluate the reproductive performance of abergelle goat was carried out at sekota district of amhara national regional state. on-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. dat...

A study to evaluate the reproductive performance of Abergelle goat was carried out at Sekota District of Amhara National Regional State. On-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. Data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. Dat...

Congenital Neospora caninum infection was diagnosed in two Saanen goat kids from two distinct herds with a history of abortion and weak newborn goat kids in the Southern region of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The first kid was weak at birth, had difficulty to rise and was unable to nurse. Gross lesions of porencephaly and hydrocephalus ex vacuo were seen. Multifocal necrosis, gliosis and ...