Milk Traits of Black Goats and Meriz

ISBN-13: 9783659237003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 112 str.

Kawa Y. Merkhan; Jalal E. Alkass

Opis

The goat has been useful to man as a source of milk, meat, skins and hair throughout the agaes, largely because of its adaptability to various environmental conditions and nutritional regimes. Furthermore, the native goat of Iraq can play an important role for the prevision of meat and milk, particularly under the agricultural systems prevaiing in the country. However, since the econimic traits of native goats is not well characterized especially under farm conditions,therefore tha aim of this work was to study milk yield, composition and its relation to udder measurements.

O autorze

Mr. Merkhan is an assistant lecturer in the School of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Duhok University, Duhok, Kurdistan Regoin-Iraq. He has completed his Master degree in Animal Science (Dairy Production). His reaserch interest on the field of dairy production, and he has several publications in the international journals.