A Production report on Morphometric Characteristics of Bengal Goats

Abstract

The Purpose Of the was to determine some phenotypic characteristics of Bengal goats. The study revealed that the quantitative measurement of heart girth, body length from pin bone to shoulder, height at wither and body weight of female were (36-77) cm at about 3 months to 3years of age, (34-63) cm at about 3 months to 3 years of age and (38-63) cm at about 3 months to 3 years of age and (38-63) cm at about 4 months to 3 years of age. (4-25) kg at about 3 or 4 months to 5 years of age respectively. In male quantitative measurement of heart girth, body length from pin bone to shoulder, height and body weight were (36-75) cm at about 3 months to 2 years of age.34-64cm at about 3months to 1 year of age, 45-65 cm at about 1to 1.5years of age and4-25kg at about 3/4months to 2 years of age respectively. Mean heart girth, body length from pin bone to shoulder, height, body weight, litter size were 58, 4±9.08, 52.1±6.88, 51.72±7.49, 13.24±5.16, 2.3±0.46. Milk production was of little amount and mostly used for kid nursing, litter size ranges from 2-3. Bengal goats are reproduced through inbreeding. Coat color of Bengal goats are black, mixed black, fawn, gray and mixed colored. The body conformation found were mostly erected ear, rectangularly set almost straight legs, short tails with erected in males, pointed horns with gradual backwardly bent in relation to increase in age, well set udder and scrotum, long teats and almost straight back. Most of cases have beards of aged goats of both sexes.