The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants
Year : 2010, Volume : 16, Issue : 2
First page : ( 274) Last page : ( 276)
Print ISSN : 0971-9857. Online ISSN : 0973-9718.

Replacement index and mortality pattern of Sirohi goats under field condition

Kumar Upendra*, Sharma S.K., Nagda R.K., Rajawat B.S.

Livestock Research station, Vallabhnagar, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 313 601.

*E-mail address: ukmeel@gmail.com.

Received:  8  January,  2010; Accepted:  28  February,  2010.

Summary

The annual losses through mortality and culling were estimated by the total goat years. It was observed that 4.48% goats died and 25.30% culled from the flocks. The mortality significantly varied among the different years and it ranged from 2.38% (2006) to 7.64% (2003). The culling rate varied from 17.31% (2004) to 44.15% (2006). The overall mortality in Sirohi goats was reported as 3.29% on the basis of total goat population during the period of five years. The overall replacement index was 1.01, which was slightly greater than one. The results indicated that addition through birth was nearly equal to that of the number of goats leaving the flock.

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Keywords

Goat, Mortality, Replacement index, Sirohi.

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