Current and future goat production in Jembrana Regency, Bali Province

1st International Conference on Food and Agriculture 2018

Doloksaribu, L.^1 ; McLachlan, B.P.^2 ; Copland, R.S.^2 ; Murray, P.J.^2

Faculty of Animal and Husbandry, Udayana University, Jimbaran Campus, Badung-Bali, Indonesia^1

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton Campus

QLD

4343, Australia^2

关键词: Battery systems;    Feeding system;    Goat production;    Litter sizes;    Mortality rate;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/207/1/012027/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/207/1/012027

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study was undertaken to establish a database for improving goat production in Bali. A survey was conducted from January to June 2014 on 68 farmers integrated with farm commodities, owning a total of 258 goats in Mendoyo District. Data on flock dynamics were 49 kidding occurrences in 2014 delivered 67 kids; 67% were single born, 29% were twins and 4% were triplets/quadruplets. The kids were a mixture of Gembrong, Benggala, Kacang, Etawah, and PE that had a 24% mortality rate. Litter size was on average 1.37 kids from does with 1st to 6th parity. Kids were housed in battery systems and fed fresh roughages with cut and carry feeding systems. The average bodyweights of female weaners 22.9±1.6 kg were significantly lower (P