Environmental factors affecting kid mortality in Shami Goats
Resource information
Date of publication
December 2010
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:TR2010002174
Pages
431-435
A total of 1.190 records from Shami goat kids were collected between 1993 and 2006 from Izra'a Research Station, south of Damascus, Syria. The records were used to evaluate the some environmental factors affecting kid mortality rate at birth (0-3 days) and from the forth day after birth until weaning at 90 days. The least squares means of mortality rate at birth and from birth to weaning were 0.12±0.01 and 0.06±0.01, respectively. Parity had a significant effect (P