FEEDLOT PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS
OF KILIS GOAT BREED
Oktay
Gürsoy1, Tuba Şentut1, Soner Çankaya2
1University of Çukurova – Faculty of
Agriculture, Department of Anim. Sci., 01330, Adana, Turkey
2University of Ondokuz Mayıs, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Anim. Sci., Samsun, Turkey
ogursoy@cu.edu.tr
This study was conducted to
assess the growth performance and carcass traits of kids rared and
fattened under intensive, semi-intensive and extensive systems in the
Yayladağı County of Hatay Province. Thirty-nine male kids of the local
Kilis goats constituted the material of the study. The kids were put on
trial at the mean age of 138 days for a period of 170 days. Mean initial weights,
final weights and daily gains for the intensively, semi intensively and
extensively managed groups were 19.2 kg, 42.1 kg and 134.8 g; 17.8 kg,
37.5 kg and 115.8 g; 16.3 kg, 21.3 kg and 29.5 g, respectively. Mean feed
conversion ratios were found to be 5.23 and 4.65 for the intensive and
semi-intensive groups. Mean dressing percentages were 47.6 and 43.5 % for
the same groups. The intensive fattening system was found to be superior
with respect to the growth and carcass traits of Kilis goats of the Yayladağı County.
Key words: Kilis goat; kid; growth; feedlot; carcass traits
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