| Goat Production in Turkey |
| Paper ID : 1068-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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Nedim Kosum *1, Turgay Taskin2, Funda Erdogan Atac2, Cagri Kandemir2 1Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture
Animal Science Deptartment 2Ege University |
| Abstract |
| Goat production has an important role in the Turkish animal production. According to 2016 data Turkish goat population was 10.3 million heads. In Turkey the goat population has the third place in mammal farm animals after sheep and cattle. Also according to 2016 data, 479 thousand tonnes of goat milk and 31 thousand tonnes of goat meat were produced in Turkey. It means that 2.6% of total milk production and 2.6% of total red meat production have been obtained from the goats. Within the last fifty years the number of goats in Turkey were decreased from 22 million heads (1963) to 5.1 million heads (2009), but after 2010, it was observed a gradual increase over 10 million heads. In Turkey the main domestic goat breeds are Turkish Hair Goats and Angora Goats. Approximately 97% of the goat population in Turkey is Hair goat. In addition, there are Kilis goat in South East Anatolia, milk goat breeds such as Maltese goat in the Mediterranean coastal region, Honamlı goat with more meat productivity characteristics in the inner West Anatolia and Norduz as a local breed in Eastern Anatolia. Moreover, dairy breeds such as Saanen, White German, and Alpine have been imported to Turkey with the aim of obtaining crossbred dairy goats. However, very few numbers of Boer breed was imported for research purposes. Recently, Saanen goat crossbreds are frequently observed in western Anatolia. |
| Keywords |
| goat production, turkish native goat breeds |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |