COMPARISON OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BLACK BENGAL GOAT IN DIFFERENT REGIONS IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

The Black Bengal goat is known as Poor man’s cow due to its high prolificacy, quality meat and famous skin. It is one of the prominent goat breeds in our country. Making better performance to grow higher profit from this goat is the key to strengthen local economy. Thus the present study was carried out the factors affecting growth of this goat. The data of 120 goats were collected from Dhaka, Kishoreganj and Sunamganj districts to analyze the effect of different locations on growth performances. The growth performance of goats was found the best in Dhaka followed by Kishoreganj and Sunamgonj in terms of weight at birth (0.97±0.02 vs 0.90±0.02 & 0.82±0.02); 3 months (5.51±0.05 vs 4.99±0.08 & 4.93±0.08); 6 months (8.71±0.08 vs 8.07±0.07 & 7.64±0.06) and 12 months (12.97±0.08 vs 12.34±0.11 & 11.60±0.05). The study revealed that kids have grown well in Dhaka than other two districts irrespective of sex. Average weight of male and female in Dhaka was at birth (0.96±0.03 & 0.99a±0.03); 3 months (5.66a±0.03 & 5.24a±0.09); 6 months (8.93a±0.09 & 8.29a±0.08) and 12 months (13.18a±0.08 & 12.58a±0.10). The growth performance was higher in Dhaka in different types of birth i.e. sigle, twins and triplets. Kids of Dhaka were found better in all parity of dam, Kishoreganj in middle and Sunamoganj with lower growth. The kids in Dhaka grown well and mixed trend recorded in other two districts. According to above discussion, growth performance is better in Dhaka by geography, sex, type of birth, parity of dam and season than Kishoreganj and Sunamganj.