The growth and survival rate of hair goat kids raised by public in Karaman region
Abstract
The objective of this research, which was based
on the data obtained during a five-year period between 2011-2016 from the Hair
goat herds in mountainous areas of Karaman within the National Sheep and Goat
Improvement Project, was to investigate growth and survival rate of Hair goat
kids between birth and weaning.The
animal material of the study was consisted of total 25714 Hair goat kids. The
goats were weighed at birth and on 120th day. According to the data obtained
from these measurements, the growth and survival rate of the goat kids were
calculated. For the statistical analysis of the data, general linear model was
used for growth and Khi-square test was used for survival rate analysis. For general
average of five years, birth weight average was 3.55 kg for male kids, and 3.40
kg for females; the average weight on 120th day was 23.57 kg for male kids and
21.72 kg for female kids; the daily live weight gain for male and female kids
were found as 166.8 g and 151.4 g respectively. The survival rate of the Hair
goat kids showed changes according to years and the rate was generally found as
89.3%. Among the factors whose effects were analyzed, year, dam’s age, birth
type and sex had significant effect on analyzed features (P<0.001). As a result, it was determined that growth rate
was higher, while survival rate was consistent with the existing literature. It
was also determined that the growth rate was higher in later years when
compared to earlier years of the study
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Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Veteriner Cerrahi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Haziran 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
13 Mart 2019
Kabul Tarihi
15 Mayıs 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 90 Sayı: 2
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