Fertility Characteristics of Hair Goats in Tokat Province

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i7.955-957.2166

Keywords:

Goat, Hair goat, Fertility, Breeding, Tokat

Abstract

Hair Goat is one of the native breeds of Turkey. There are 8 million head of Hair Goat in Turkey. Hair goat is well suited in harsh climate or poor pasture conditions and forests. They are kept usually for meat production. The body colour of Hair Goat ranges from white to black or brown. The male goats have more live weight than females. In this study, 2500 head of Hair Goats were collected in 2015 and 2016. Birth rate was 61.2 and 73.7% respectively. Twinning rate was 7.2 and 6.6% and infertility rate was 24.6 and 15.4% respectively. These results indicate low fertility rate of Hair Goats.

Published

18.07.2019

How to Cite

Şirin, E. (2019). Fertility Characteristics of Hair Goats in Tokat Province. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 7(7), 955–957. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i7.955-957.2166

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Research Paper

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