Productive performances of Guadeloupean Creole goats during the suckling period

Guy, Alexandre; Aumont, Gilles; Mainaud, J.C; Fleury, Jérôme; Naves, Maria Eduarda Costa

doi:10.1016/s0921-4488(99)00051-6

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“…Furthermore, the weight gap between males and females becomes larger as they become older, which is consistent with the reports by Hary & Schwartz (2002). These growth advantages of male kids recorded in this study are comparable to those reported for other goat breeds (Husain et al, 1996;Al-Shorepy et al, 2002). The superiority of the males on females may be explained by the precocity of the male.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Year oscillations characterize the arid environment, affecting the feed availability which is the main reason for the year effect on variability Najari et al, 2007a). The importance of the year effect on the growth performances under difficult conditions has been highlighted by other reports (Alexandre et al, 1997;Zhang et al, 2006). Ndlovu & Simela (1996) days of age than those born in the hot wet season.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Portolano et al (2002) showed that much of the variation in birth weight was associated to the type of birth, single birth was heavier than multiple born kids (Gebrelul et al, 1994). Alexandre et al (1997) indicated that the difference between the single and twins could reach up to 15%.…”

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The effect of non-genetic factors on the early body weights of Tunisian local goats

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-It was evaluated in this study the environmental effects on body weights of goat kids from birth to 150 days of age of Tunisian local goat population, on the basis of 1,656 records obtained from the Arid Areas Institute of Médenine, Tunisia, during 2001-2005. Except for birth weight, individual records were adjusted for standard ages (30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days) using either extrapolation or interpolation on field data. Data were analyzed by GLM procedure and SNK (α = 0.05) means comparison test. The kidding year (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005), kidding month (December, January, February, and March), birth type (single and twins), sex (male and female), coat colour of kid and age of dam (2-10 years) were definied as non-genetic factors. Results showed that mean values and standard deviation (SD) of body weight at birth (0), 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days of age were 2.57 ± 0.52 kg, 4.06 ± 1.16 kg, 6.99 ± 1.87 kg, 8.90 ± 2.46 kg, 11.48 ± 3.35 kg and 13.53 ± 4.80 kg for male and 2.29 ± 0.44 kg, 4.76 ± 1.13 kg, 3.09 ± 1.33 kg, 8.08 ± 2.02 kg, 10.24 ± 2.36 kg and 12.15 ± 6.54 kg for female. The kidding year, birth type and sex had effect on body weights of Tunisian local kids at all ages. The single and male was always heavier than the twins and the females. The birth month had effect on all body weights except for weight at 30 days of age. The age of dam had effect on body weights from 60 to 150 days of age. However, the coat color had no significant effect on all body weights. Environmental effects estimated in this study are important and need to be taken into account for Tunisian local goat management and breeding improvement under harsh conditions.

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“…The effect of sex on survival rate was statistically insignificant for all stages (p>0.05). This result is similar with the results of MARZOUK et al (2000), SENGONCA et al (2003), TURKSON (2003) who have studied this trait on different goat breeds, although this result is differ from the results of LAES-FETTBACK and PETERS (1995), ALEXANDRE et al (1999), TURKSON et al (2004) and NIZNIKOWSKI et al (2006) who have determined that the mortalite rate of male kids is higher than that female kids. The effect of dam age on survival rate of kids was insignificant for all the studied periods.…”

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“…The effect of birth type on survival rate was statistically insignificant (p>0.05) for birth-1 and birth-2 months of age, whereas it was significant for the period from birth to 3 months of age (p<0.05) and in this period, the survival rate of single kids was higher than that twin kids, as expected and described by PETERS and LAES-FETTBACK, (1995). The significant effect of birth type on survival rate in the period from birth to 3 months of age is similar to the results of ALEXANDRE et al (1999) and AWEMU et al (1999). It is also differ from the results of HUSAIN et al (1995), IKWUEGBU et al (1995), MARZOUK et al (2000) and TURKSON (2003).…”

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Some production traits of indigenous Hair goats bred under extensive conditions in Turkey. 2nd communication: viability and growth performances of kids

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2008

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Smallholders’ perceptions of goat farming in southern Benin and opportunities for improvement

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2006

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To be successful, initiatives to improve smallholder's goat production should directly address the needs and objectives of the keepers while promoting rational use of local genetic resources. This paper identifies the objectives, constraints and needs of goat farmers in southern Benin and discusses their relevance to the development of improvement programmes. Between November and December 2005, structured questionnaires, focus group discussions and participant observation were used to collect information from 38 goat farmers in two selected locations. Goats were kept mainly for sale whenever cash was needed. Traits related to reproduction, to behaviour, to health and to meat production were considered equally important and were ranked very highly by goat keepers. Increased net income per flock through increased number of marketable animals is the derived breeding objective from the trait analysis. Disease outbreaks resulting in high mortality, poor housing, and feed shortages were, in descending order, the most important problems. It was concluded that the development of initiatives to improve management practices is an overriding priority. It will lead to increases in productivity in the short term and foster farmers' participation in the development of long-term improvement strategies, which should include selection and controlled mating.

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Productive performances of Guadeloupean Creole goats during the suckling period

Cited by 54 publications

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The effect of non-genetic factors on the early body weights of Tunisian local goats

The effect of non-genetic factors on the early body weights of Tunisian local goats

Some production traits of indigenous Hair goats bred under extensive conditions in Turkey. 2nd communication: viability and growth performances of kids

Smallholders’ perceptions of goat farming in southern Benin and opportunities for improvement

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