Breeding goats for meat production: 2. Crossbreeding and formation of composite population

JNB Shrestha, MH Fahmy - Small Ruminant Research, 2007 - Elsevier
This review, the second in the series on breeding goats for meat production, examines the
role of crossbreeding and composite population in improving economically important traits …

[PDF][PDF] A review of productive and reproductive characteristics of indigenous goats in Ethiopia

T Dereje, U Mengistu, A Getachew… - Livestock Research for …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Goat production in Ethiopia contributes significantly to national export earnings and the
livelihoods of rural households. In the past, a number of research works were conducted to …

Genotype and sex effects on carcass and meat quality of suckling kids protected by the PGI “Cabrito de Barroso”

VAC Santos, AO Silva, JVF Cardoso, AJD Silvestre… - Meat Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Carcass composition and meat quality traits were evaluated in 55 suckling kids (27 males
and 28 females) from Serrana (S), Bravia (B) and Serrana× Bravia (S× B) crossbred …

Goat meat production: Present status and future possibilities

JS Dhanda, DG Taylor, PJ Murray… - … Journal of Animal …, 2003 - koreascience.kr
The bulk of the world's goat population is found in South-East Asia and Africa, where goats
are the major source of meat production. Unfortunately, lack of an organized goat meat …

Carcass composition and meat quality of equally mature kids and lambs

VAC Santos, SR Silva… - Journal of Animal Science, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Carcass composition and meat quality attributes of 55 suckling kids (27 males and 28
females) and 57 suckling lambs (28 males and 29 females) of Portuguese native breeds …

Growth performance and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian goat breeds fed grainless diets varying in concentrate to roughage ratios

A Sebsibe, NH Casey, WA Van Niekerk… - South African Journal of …, 2007 - ajol.info
Growth and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian goat breeds, the Afar, Central
Highland (CHG) and Long-eared Somali (LES) were evaluated using three grainless diets …

Comparison of the decision tree, artificial neural network and multiple regression methods for prediction of carcass tissues composition of goat kids

B Ekiz, O Baygul, H Yalcintan, M Ozcan - Meat science, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to predict carcass tissue composition of goat kids using the
decision tree with CHAID algorithm (DT) and artificial neural network (ANN) method in …

Fatty acid profile of three adipose depots in seven Spanish breeds of suckling kids

A Horcada, G Ripoll, MJ Alcalde, C Sañudo, A Teixeira… - Meat Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Intramuscular, subcutaneous and kidney knob fat depot fatty acid profiles were studied in
104 male suckling kids from seven Spanish breeds: Blanca Andaluza, Blanca Celtibérica …

Growth and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian indigenous goats fed concentrate at different supplementation levels

D Tadesse, M Urge, G Animut, Y Mekasha - SpringerPlus, 2016 - Springer
The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of genotypes and concentrate levels on
growth performance and carcass characteristics of Bati, Hararghe highland (HH) and Short …

Part 2. Carcass composition and fatty acid profiles of adipose tissue of male goats: effects of genotype and liveweight at slaughter

JS Dhanda, DG Taylor, PJ Murray - Small Ruminant Research, 2003 - Elsevier
The dissected carcass composition and fatty acid profiles of intermuscular fat from 110 male
goat kids from six genotypes ie Boer× Angora (BA), Boer× Feral (BF), Boer× Saanen (BS) …