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Some descriptive characteristics of a new goat breed called Honamli in Turkey

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This study has been carried out in the Western Mediterranean Region of Turkey on seven different Honamli goat flocks. The aim of this study was to determine the growth characters, survival rate (till weaning, 105th day), some reproductive characteristics and marketable milk yield. The data were collected from 516 does and 210 kids (125 buckling and 85 doelings). The results indicate that the numbers of multiple birth and litter size were 32.8 % and 1.35 respectively. Survival rates of kids at the 30th, 90th, and 105th days were 98.5, 97.2, and 97.2 %, respectively. The average birth weight for the buckling and doelings was 4.1 and 3.7 kg, respectively. The average weaning weights for buckling and doelings were 26.9 and 23.4 kg, respectively. The effects of dams’ age, on sex and birth type on the growth of Honamli kids were statistically significant (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001). While the diameters of erythrocytes of Honamli goats are smaller, the density of hemoglobin in the erythrocytes is more than Asian, Indian, and American caprine breeds. The average lactation length and marketable milk yield was assessed to be at 210.3 days and was 89 L, respectively. The growth characteristics of Honamli kids at weaning age were assessed to be higher than most of the other goat breeds in Turkey. The results further indicated that there is a significant variation in the production traits among the different Honamli goat flocks. Production traits of Honamli goats at different breeding conditions should further be investigated to come to a definite conclusion.

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This article is a part of project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), project no: 109R020.

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 15030, Ortulu Campus, Burdur, Turkey

    Özkan Elmaz & Mustafa Saatcı

  2. Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Birol Dağ

  3. Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, Konya, Turkey

    Ahmet Hamdi Aktaş & Bekir Gök

  4. Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey

    Ayhan Ata

  5. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey

    Mehmet Şükrü Gülay

  6. Department of Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey

    Nuri Mamak

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Elmaz, Ö., Saatcı, M., Dağ, B. et al. Some descriptive characteristics of a new goat breed called Honamli in Turkey. Trop Anim Health Prod 44, 1913–1920 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0156-7

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