Fertility Characteristics of Hair Goats in Tokat Province

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 go...

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Main Author: Emre Şirin
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Language:English
Published: Hasan Eleroğlu 2019-07-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/2166
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-b63fc8469f8343c78cbb312558da87c42025-08-20T03:05:11ZengHasan EleroğluTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2019-07-017795595710.24925/turjaf.v7i7.955-957.21661181Fertility Characteristics of Hair Goats in Tokat ProvinceEmre Şirin0Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Agriculture, 40250 KırşehirHair 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.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/2166keçikıl keçisidöl verimiislahtokat
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