Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats
Discusses the results of a study on goat production under indigenous management conditions in southern Darfur, Sudan. Seven flocks of indigenous goats were studied over a period of 15 months. Birth rates in the region approached 2.1 kids per doe per year. A high total offtake of 28 percent and a wei...
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| description | Discusses the results of a study on goat production under indigenous management conditions in southern Darfur, Sudan. Seven flocks of indigenous goats were studied over a period of 15 months. Birth rates in the region approached 2.1 kids per doe per year. A high total offtake of 28 percent and a weighted average death rate of about 16.5 percent were observed. Mortality in kids was unrelated to number of births. Weighted average rate of gain for all surviving kids was 87 g per day to 3 months and 67 g per day to 6 months of age. The growth rates of twin and single kids were similar, but triplet kids grew at a slower rate. For each kilogramme liveweight of breeding females, goats produced 1.5 and 8 times the weight of meat produced by sheep and cattle respectively under the same management and environmental conditions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace667362024-04-19T08:27:49Z Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats Wilson, R.T. livestock goats reproduction animal performance growth rate mortality meat production milk yield Discusses the results of a study on goat production under indigenous management conditions in southern Darfur, Sudan. Seven flocks of indigenous goats were studied over a period of 15 months. Birth rates in the region approached 2.1 kids per doe per year. A high total offtake of 28 percent and a weighted average death rate of about 16.5 percent were observed. Mortality in kids was unrelated to number of births. Weighted average rate of gain for all surviving kids was 87 g per day to 3 months and 67 g per day to 6 months of age. The growth rates of twin and single kids were similar, but triplet kids grew at a slower rate. For each kilogramme liveweight of breeding females, goats produced 1.5 and 8 times the weight of meat produced by sheep and cattle respectively under the same management and environmental conditions. 1976-12 2015-06-05T12:17:24Z 2015-06-05T12:17:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66736 en Limited Access Springer Wilson, R.T. 1976. Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats. Tropical Animal Health and Production 8: 221-232. |
| spellingShingle | livestock goats reproduction animal performance growth rate mortality meat production milk yield Wilson, R.T. Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title | Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title_full | Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title_fullStr | Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title_short | Studies on the livestock of southern Darfur, Sudan. IV. Production traits in goats |
| title_sort | studies on the livestock of southern darfur sudan iv production traits in goats |
| topic | livestock goats reproduction animal performance growth rate mortality meat production milk yield |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66736 |
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