The case study was conducted to show the effect of milking method in goat called half day milking on the milk production and the growth of kids. Data were collected by interviewing farmers and investigating goat production in the communal goat housing from June 2008 to May 2009. The interview was conducted to collect data about goat management. The observations were conducted on 10 goats, which...

SIMPLE SUMMARYMuscle fibres have an important impact on meat quality. There are different types of skeletal muscle fibres, mainly oxidative and glycolytic. The present study showed that dairy breeds goat kids raised with milk replacer had less than their dams. In addition, the measured in this were smaller

Dairy goat and sheep farms suffer severe economic losses due to intramammary infections, with Staphylococcus aureus representing the main cause of clinical mastitis in small ruminants. In addition, S. aureus contamination of goat and sheep milk may cause staphylococcal food poisoning, as many traditional caprine and ovine milk products are not subjected to pasteurization. Data on virulence and ...

Skins and hides are perishable resources that can be damaged by parasitic diseases and human error, which result in downgrading or rejection. This study was conducted to identify defect types and to determine their prevalence in pickled sheep and wet blue goat skins and wet blue hides. Each selected skin or hide was examined for defects in natural light and the defects were graded according to ...

In many countries, goat farming is the important part from the economy point of the view; especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East region. Goat farming is well organized in France, Italy, Spain and Greece (Park and Haenlein, 2006). Industrialization of the goat milk is not well successed because of its poor and insufficient volume. From 1990, interest in the goat milk production is incre...

This research aims were to determine the procurement system saburai goat livestock business production facilities, income, cost, marketing channel, agribusiness supporting services and role of Saburai Mandiri Producer Livestock Cooperative (KPP) in system. The was taken a case study at KPP located Gisting Sub-District Tanggamus District. facilities has been right with an accuracy level 83,96 pe...

Ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) is a recently identified enzyme responsible for the unique n-acyl modification of ghrelin, a multifunctional metabolic hormone. GOAT structure and activity appears to be conserved from fish to man. Since the acyl modification is critical for most of the biological actions of ghrelin, especially metabolic functions, GOAT emerged as a very important molecule of i...

Abstract In general, goat meat is not inferior to other types regarding nutritional and biological value–it has a high protein content (up 29%), it good source of minerals, vitamin B-complex, essential amino acids. However, the older culled goats less juicy, tender, characteristically different odour taste compared kids’ (and animals), thus tends be desirable. Different products could produced ...