| Goat husbandry practice in hot whether of Qom province (A case study) |
| Paper ID : 1030-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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seyed mohammad hashemi * قم ص پ 195 مرکز تحقیقات کشاورزی قم |
| Abstract |
| Qom province is located at the center of Iran, where the climate is hot and dry during summer time. In the region, most cases of goat husbandry include keeping a few numbers of goats among sheep flocks. In the meantime, investigating a goat flock with 180 goats would be remarkable. This flock belongs to Jal agricultural company that possesses 70 acre land. They cultivate crops (wheat and barley), alfalfa, melons and canola. The cultivation pasture and industrial waste from nectars factory and vegetable wastes are the most important source of feeding goat flock. During last 25 years the number of goat in their flocks increased so that nowadays gout comprises 90 percent of their total livestock. Entering new male goat into flock has caused larger goats with higher milk production. In fact low rearing cost of goat is the critical point in keeping goats. Besides the goat milk is customers favorite in the market. |
| Keywords |
| goat husbandry, Qom, goat mild, rearing cost |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |