STUDY ON PRODUCTIVE & REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI- SCAVENGING RURAL GOATS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF CHITTAGONG DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was conducted to find out the productive and reproductive performance of semi scavenging rural goats at rural families in three upazila at Chittagong district. The productive performances of the goats were measured in terms of body weight at puberty, birth weight of kids, weaning weight, litter size, lactation length, milk yield per lactation, per day milk yield etc. the reproduction performances of goat were measured in terms of age at puberty, age at first kidding, gestation period, conception rate, post partum heat period and kidding interval according to goat herd of landless household and small & marginal households. The costs for rearing goats were divided as cash and non-cash basis. Initial goat price, green leaves, concentrate, veterinary care & medicine expenses and others were treated as cash cost and the non cash costs mainly treated as family supplied items costs. The net profitability mainly interpreted as the difference between total return and total costs of rearing each goat per year.