Goat science : : environment, health and economy / / edited by Sándor Kukovics.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kukovics, Sándor,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages) :; illustrations

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of goat keeping and farming. It includes twenty-two chapters that address such topics as breeding and selection, goat reproduction, production systems, the effects of goat farming on the environment, the use of goat byproducts, the economics of goat farming, and much more.

Table of Contents

1. Future Prospects on the Goat Activities for the Coming Decades in the Context of a World in Transition 233 -- 2. Goat Type Selection and Molecular Markers; a Solution for Milk Production in Recently Desertified Zones 335 -- 3. Goat Breeding in the Katanga Copper Belt (KCB): Constraints, Opportunities and Prospects 243 -- 4. Characterisation of Semen and Phenotypic Parameters in Relation to Male Goat Fertility 269 -- 5. Recent Advancement in Goat Nutrition 560 -- 6. Strategies for Goat Feeding and Management during Drought 234 -- 7. Smallholder Goat Production in Southern Africa: A Review 725 -- 8. Assessment of Management and Breeding Practices among Indigenous Goat Farmers in a Tropical Humid Forest Zone 25 -- 9. Characterization of Native Goat's Production Systems in Eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo 249 -- 10. Adaptive Mechanisms of Goat to Heat Stress 349 -- 11. Goat - A Sustainable and Holistic Approach in Addressing Triple Challenges of Gender Inequality, Climate Change Effects, Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Rural Communities of Sub-Saharan Africa 460 -- 12. Potential Liquid Fertilizer Made from Goat Feces to Improve Vegetable Product -- 13. Bacterial Diseases of Goat and Its Preventive Measures 925 -- 14. Management and Control of Eimeria Infection in Goats 326 -- 15. Sustainable Utilization of Indigenous Plants to Mitigate Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases amongst Selected Rural Households of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 27 -- 16. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptides Derived from Goat Milk 19 -- 17. Role of Goat Milk in Infant Health and Nutrition 271 -- 18. Goat's Milk (GM), a Booster to Human Immune System against Diseases 291 -- 19. Goat Meat: No Less Source of Protein in Comparison to Other Meat for Human Consumption 398 -- 20. Milk Quality, Somatic Cell Count, and Economics of Dairy Goats Farm in the Czech Republic 222 -- 21. Economics and Profitability of Goat Breeding in the Maghreb Region 325 -- 22. Factors Affecting Household Goat Farmers' Market Participation and the Extent of Commercialization 211.