A study on backyard goat farming of Black Bengal Goat in Daulatpur Upazilla, Manikganj, Bangladesh

Abstract

The study was undertaken to investigate the performance of Black Bengal goats and livelihood generated through backyard goat rearing at six different villages namely Ramchandrapur, Chormastul, Abudanga, Daulatpur and Niloa under Daulatpur Upazila in Manikganj district, Bangladesh from October to November 2019. Data were collected based on a pre-structured questionnaire including the information about livestock, breed, age, sex, age of sexual maturity, litter size, body weight, gestation period, breeding type, housing pattern, grazing, purpose of rearing, vaccination and de-worming history, diseases, treatment and production performance of goats. The average body weight of male and female were 7.61kg and 11.24kg respectively. The litter size of Black Bengal goat ranged between 1 to 4 and the range of lactation period was between 2 to 3 months. The average milk yield of black Bengal goats was 33.9 kg per lactation per doe in which the average milk yield per day per doe was 1.02 kg. A few numbers of farmers (20%) used vaccination and practiced de-worming (60%) their goats. All goats were reared by the semi-intensive system and 75% of goats stay at the cow’s house at night. In winter season they provided bedding materials at night. Farmers used green grass (100%) and supplied water by using deep tube well. Most of the farmers (65%) provided only wheat bran to goat as concentrate feed. The housing, feeding and breeding were maintain in most of the farms, but the healthcare was not up to the mark.