Growth performance and some morphological traits of Honamli goat kids until weaning age in extensive condition

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Özkan Elmaz
Mehmet Çolak
Aykut Asim Akbaç
Mustafa Saatci

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The aim of this study was to determine growth performance until weaning age of Honamli goat kids reared in extensive conditions in Turkey. Study was carried out with 75 Honamli kids (44 female, 31 male), kept at the Research and Training Farm of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Burdur, Turkey. Birth weight of male kids was higher than that female kids and also birth weight of single kids was higher than that twin kids. Live weight in the 120th day of male, female, single and twin kids were 24.4 kg, 22.0 kg, 26.9 kg and 21.2 kg, respectively. Withers height, body length, chest circumference and nose length on the 120th day were detected as 61.6 cm, 58.4 cm, 59.2 cm and 18.4 cm, respectively in female Honamli kids. Same measurements were 63.9 cm, 61.7 cm, 62.7 cm and 20.0 cm for males Honamli kids.

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Elmaz, Özkan, Mehmet Çolak, Aykut Asim Akbaç, és Mustafa Saatci. 2016. „Growth Performance and Some Morphological Traits of Honamli Goat Kids until Weaning Age in Extensive Condition”. Review on Agriculture and Rural Development 5 (1-2):48-51. https://doi.org/10.14232/rard.2016.1-2.48-51.
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