Abstract:
The Black Bengal goat is known as Poor man’s cow due to its high prolificacy,
quality meat and famous skin. It is one of the prominent goat breeds in our
country. Making better performance to grow higher profit from this goat is the
key to strengthen local economy. Thus the present study was carried out the
factors affecting growth of this goat. The data of 120 goats were collected from
Dhaka, Kishoreganj and Sunamganj districts to analyze the effect of different
locations on growth performances. The growth performance of goats was found
the best in Dhaka followed by Kishoreganj and Sunamgonj in terms of weight
at birth (0.97±0.02 vs 0.90±0.02 & 0.82±0.02); 3 months (5.51±0.05 vs
4.99±0.08 & 4.93±0.08); 6 months (8.71±0.08 vs 8.07±0.07 & 7.64±0.06) and
12 months (12.97±0.08 vs 12.34±0.11 & 11.60±0.05). The study revealed that
kids have grown well in Dhaka than other two districts irrespective of sex.
Average weight of male and female in Dhaka was at birth (0.96±0.03 &
0.99a±0.03); 3 months (5.66a±0.03 & 5.24a±0.09); 6 months (8.93a±0.09 &
8.29a±0.08) and 12 months (13.18a±0.08 & 12.58a±0.10). The growth
performance was higher in Dhaka in different types of birth i.e. sigle, twins and
triplets. Kids of Dhaka were found better in all parity of dam, Kishoreganj in
middle and Sunamoganj with lower growth. The kids in Dhaka grown well and
mixed trend recorded in other two districts. According to above discussion,
growth performance is better in Dhaka by geography, sex, type of birth, parity
of dam and season than Kishoreganj and Sunamganj.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Animal Nutrition, Genetics and Breeding
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
