Influence of the Temperament Over The Milk-Yield of Goats of Bulgarian White Milk Breed and Its Cross-Breeds With Togenburg and Anglo-Nubian Breed

Year 2014, Volume: 1 Issue: Özel Sayı-2, 2046 - 2048, 01.03.2014

Svetoslava Stoycheva Tsvetomira Hrıstova Penko Zunev - -

Abstract

The present study had the aim to study the relation between milk productivity and the temperament of goats of Bulgarian White Milk breed and its cross-breeds with Toggenburg and Anglo-Nubian. The methodology was used after the model of Dimitrov et al. (2008) applied for sheep. From 53 goats examined, 35 were determined as having a nervous temperament (0 and 1 spot) and 18 with a calm temperament (2 and 3 spots). In relation to determining the influence of temperament of mother goats on their milk productivity, data from studbooks were used for the average milk-yield for lactation of each goat. In the present experiment we found that the emotional susceptibility of goats influenced their milk productivity. For animals with a calm temperament average milk-yield of 596 l was registered, which was 20 l more than in goats with a nervous temperament (576 l). Due to the small number of animals, we could not draw a well-grounded conclusion for the influence of temperament on the milk-yield for different ages in goats

Keywords

goats, behaviour, milk yield, temperament

Influence of the Temperament Over The Milk-Yield of Goats of Bulgarian White Milk Breed and Its Cross-Breeds With Togenburg and Anglo-Nubian Breed

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