| Introducing of body condition scoring method in goat and Management of herd according to each score |
| Paper ID : 1037-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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حمید عبدالرحیمی بارنجی * بارنج-کوی آزادگان-ونک۱۰- پلاک ۹ |
| Abstract |
| Every goat producer has animals that are either too thi (under-conditioned) or too fat (over conditioned).Failure to recognize these animals and take corrective actions will cost dearly in terms of decreased fertility, increased disease or internal parasite incidence, decreased milk production, and increased operating costs. Thus, goats need to be maintained with a moderate amount of body Condition. Body Condition Scours (BCS) is one of the tools used to evaluate and manage goat flocks, the scoring is based on a visual assessment of live animal and how the body fat is deposited. Scours range from 1 to 5, with a scour of 1 being very lean, thin, emaciated, or fat deficient goats, and a scour of 5 being extremely fat or obese goats. The ideal BCS is between 2 to 3, with an average of 2.5. This review article tries to review the livestock owners in a brief overview of the importance and manner of doing this scouring with details. |
| Keywords |
| BCS, Goat, Management, Nutrition, Healt |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |