Growth Performance and Suruival Rate of Hair Goat and Hamdani Kids

The aim of this study was to determine the survival rate and growth performances of Hamdani and Hair goat kids raised under the rural conditions. 40 Hamdani and 32 Hair, a total of 72 goat kids were utilized in the study. The body weights of Hamdani and Hair goat kids at birth, weaning (120th days) and 180th days were 3.15 and 3.11 kg (P <0.05), 22.9 and 21.64 kg (P <0.01) and 31.54 and 29.63 kg (P <0.01), respectively. The average daily live weight gains of Hamdani and Hair goat kids from birth to 120th days and birth to 180th days of age were 162 and 151 g (P <0.05), 161 and 143 g (P <0.01), respectively. Single born kids were more advantageous to twin born kids in terms of birth weight but 60th days weight lower than twin born kids (P<0.01, P<0.05), while female kids were higher weight than male kids at birth, weaning and after periods (P <0.01, P <0.05 P <0.05 and P <0.01). The survival rates of Hamdani and Hair kids were 85.0% and 87.5% of the study (P<0.05). The results found in this study showed that growth performance of Hamdani kids higher than Hair kids during the 6 month growth period and genotype did not affect the survival rate