Goat Digestive System
Obviously, goat is not like poultry or pig. They have only 1 stomach but goat have 4 stomachs named rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. Reason for this is that goats have to digest fiber of plants. Poultry can not survive on plant fiber (reports says that some turkey and indigenous poultry breeds of eastern India […]
Goat Kid Feeding
Feeding of Preweaned Lambs from Birth to 90 days Age. Sheep are superior to goats in their growth rate as young animas. The birth weights of lambs and kids are nearly the same, in the range between 2-3 kg. The development of lambs in the first four months is faster than the kids. Doubling and […]
Vitamins for Goats
Preparation of Vitamin Premixes In preparing vitamin premixes, whether commercial or experimental, several preparing should be considered. The carrier material should be uniform in texture and particle size. If it is a carbohydrate, it should not contain free aldehyde groups. That means dextrose and lactose should be avoided as carriers. Both thiamin and folacin have […]
Concentrate feed
Examples of Concentrate Feed 1. Groundnut cake (exp) Gingilly oil cake Jowar Maize Deoliled rice bran Mineral mixture Salt Total 15 14 20 22 26 02 01 100 DCP = 16.4% TDN = 72.4% 2. Groundnut cake Jowar Maize Tapioca thippi Deoiled rice bran Mineral mixture Salt Total 15 20 22 14 26 02 01 […]
Goat Feeding Overview
Goat Feeding Overview Goats have fastidous eating and browsing habits and generally accept a wide variety of feed, appreciate it and thrive on it (Banerjee, 1991).Goats are able to graze grass due to their mobile upper lips and very prehensile tongues. To produce more milk and high quality meat, the goats should be provided with […]
Green Fodder for Goats
Feeding Habits of Goats Basically goats are browsers standing on their hind limbs, they always like to pluck tender leafy twigs of herbs, shrubs small trees. Goats have special feeding habits on account of their prehensile tongue and movable upper lip. In comparison to other domestic animals, goats have unique preferences for shrubs and tree […]
Genetic structure and potential of Goats
In nature, the main force responsible for selection is the survival of the fittest in a particular environment. The wolves chase many sheep before they find one they can catch. Most of those killed by the wolves were weaker animals, and include those that were either very young or old. Thus, there was tendency for […]
Herd Book for Goats – Need of the hour
Herd book is basically a record of production or growth parameters of economically important characters in an animal. This recording helps in selection of animals for breeding after looking at its production performance. It is a book of standards which sets the marks for other animals. Here we are giving some fundamental points which are […]
Goats Population Genetics
Population Genetics and its importance in goats Practical utility of genetics principles for improvement of production traits in goats is not yet realized in India. Some research institutes have already done lot of work to improve Indian goat breeds but their research is remaining in the books and journals. Systematic breeding of Indian goats is […]
Exotic goat breeds in India, cross breeding results and goat breeding policies in India
The first well recognized initiative on goat breeding was taken in IV- five year plan in 1971 when All India Coordinated Research Project on Goats was launched by Government of India. Initially it was started for evolving 2 characters; 1) Milk Production & 2) Fibre (Pashmina & Mohair) Later, realizing the importance of goat meat […]