Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume II: Local Goat Breeds

ISBN-13: 9783319712932 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 273 str.

Joao Simoes; Carlos Gutierrez

Opis

This book covers more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes around the globe.

Recenzje

"The book will be very useful for everyone working with goats. ... Definitely, a well-worth addition to an establishment's library for the benefit of all those working with goats." (G.C. Fthenakis, Small Ruminant Research, 2018)

Spis treści

Foreword

Preface “Think global, act local”

Introductory Chapter: Goats in Arid and Mountain Areas

Juan Capote

Section I Asia

Chapter 2 Adaptation Strategies to Sustain Osmanabadi Goat Production in a Changing Climate Scenario

Veerasamy Sejian, Govindan Krishnan, Madiajagan Bagath, Shalini Vaswani, Mallenahally K. Vidya, Joy Aleena, Vijai P. Maurya and Raghavendra Bhatta 

Chapter 3 Barbari Goats: Current Status

Pramila Umaraw, Akhilesh K. Verma and Pavan Kumar 

Chapter 4 Chinese Indigenous Goat Breeds

Yao-jing Yue, Bo-hui Yang, Yong-jun Li, Wei zhang, Yong Wang, Jian-min Wang and Qiong-huaHong 

Chapter 5 Rearing and Breeding Damani Goats in Pakistan

Masroor E. Babar and Tanveer Hussain 

Section II Africa 

Chapter  6 Adaptation of Local Meat Goat Breeds to South African Ecosystems

Carina Visser 

Chapter 7 West African Goat Breeds

Diakaridia Traore 

Chapter 8 Nigerian West African Dwarf Goats

Saidu O. Oseni, Abdulmojeed Yakubu and Adenike R. Aworetan

 Section III Europe and America 

Chapter  9 Turkish Hair goat, the main pillar of goat population in Turkey

Özkan Elmaz and Mustafa Saatci 

Chapter 10 Honamlı, Newly Registered Special Goat Breed of Turkey

Mustafa Saatci and Özkan Elmaz 

Chapter 11 The Garganica and Girgentana Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy

Davide De Marzo, Anna C. Jambrenghi and Francesco Nicastro 

Chapter 12 The Jonica and Maltese Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy

Davide De Marzo and Francesco Nicastro 

Chapter 13 The Sarda Goat, a Resource for the Extensive Exploitation in the Mediterranean Environment

Michele Pazzola, Maria Luisa Dettori and Giuseppe Massimo Vacca 

Chapter 14 The Girgentana Goat Breed: A Zootechnical Overview on Genetics, Nutrition and Dairy Production Aspects

Salvatore Mastrangelo and Adriana Bonanno 

Chapter 15 Murciano-Granadina Goat: A Spanish Local Breed Ready for the Challenges of the 21st Century

Juan Vicente Delgado, Vincenzo Landi, Cecilio José Barba, Javier Fernández, Mayra Mercedes Gómez, María Esperanza Camacho, María Amparo Martínez, Francisco Javier Navas and José Manuel León 

Chapter 16 The Canary Islands’ Goat Breeds (Majorera, Tinerfeña and Palmera): An Example of Adaptation to Harsh Conditions

Noemí Castro, Anastasio Argüello and Juan Capote 

Chapter 17 Reproductive and milk production profiles in Serrana Goats

João Simões and Amy Bauer 

Chapter 18 Situation of Goat Farming in the Czech Republic

Zuzana Sztankoova and Jana Rychtářová 

Chapter 19 Current Situation and Outlook of Several Local Goat Breeds in the Semi-Arid Regions of Brazil

Maria N. Ribeiro, Francisco F. Ramos de Carvalho, Roberto G. Costa, Edgard C. Pimenta Filho, Janaina K. G. Arandas and Henrique S. Sérvio 

Index 

O autorze

João Simões

Born in 1967 in Portugal and son of small farmers, João Simões soon developed an affinity for agriculture and livestock that was to shape his professional life and career. From 1993, as a DVM he mainly worked in large-animal clinics. Simultaneously, he joined the Portuguese academy as a professor at the School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. His academic research is focused on goat reproduction, and he obtained his PhD degree in Veterinary Science on the subject in 2004. He has written numerous scientific and technical publications in collaboration with veterinary students, producers and national agricultural associations. He lives with his wife and two small children in the mountain region of northeast Portugal.

Carlos Gutiérrez 

Carlos Gutiérrez received the DVM in 1986, Diploma in Public Health in 1988, PhD in 1995, M.Sc. in 2003, and Diplom ECSRHM in 2013. Currently, he is a professor at the School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and Head of the Large Animal Unit, Teaching Veterinary Hospital. He is particularly interested in tropical animal diseases (trypanosomosis in particular), zoonosis and metabolic diseases affecting dairy goats.

Blurb

This book covers more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes around the globe and describes genotypic and phenotype traits related to species adaptation to harsh environments and climate change. It also addresses sustainable global farming of local goat breeds in different production systems and agro-ecosystems. Discussing three main global regions: Asia, Africa, and Europe, it particularly focuses on adverse environments such as mountain, semiarid and arid regions.

The topic of this highly readable book includes the disciplines of animal physiology, breeding, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and veterinary science, and as such it provides valuable information for academics, practitioners, and general readers with an interest in those fields.