Logténé Youssouf Mopaté, Vounparet Zeuh, Issa Youssouf Adoum, Djimtoloum Nadjissara

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Livestock Research Institute for Development (LRID) ex Zootechnical and Veterinary Research Laboratory, N’Djamena, Chad.
Livestock Polytechnic Institute of Moussoro, Moussoro, Chad.
University Institute of Sciences and Techniques, Abeche, Chad.
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Abstract: The purpose of the study was to establish the structure of monitored animal farms and determine reproductive parameters of Sahelian goats in the Guera Region, in Central Chad. Data were collected through longitudinal survey in 27 observatory farms during three years using goats identified by numbered ear tags. The herds were composed on average of about 71% of females. The age pyramid covering all years showed a significant number of males aged between 0 - 1 year and perceptible fall thereafter. However, some stability was observed in the class of the 2 - 8 years old among females. The frequencies of accumulated kiddings showed that 44% of births occurred in the rainy season against 28% respectively in the cool dry and hot dry seasons. Obtained reproduction parameters were: a sex ratio of 0.51 in favor of males, a kidding interval of 10.6 months with significant differences (P < 0.05) according to the rank of birth, an age at first kidding of 16.5 months for females born in monitoring and an age of 20.3 months for all first-kidding, giving an apparent fertility rate of 145%, a fecundity rate of 116% and an abortion rate of 2%. The composition and structure of herds have highlighted the importance of females to ensure the reproducibility of goat production systems. The determined reproduction parameters are references for actions to improve goat rearing in this area.

Keywords: Breeding, Goats, Structure, Reproduction, Sahel Zone, Guera, Chad

Cite this paper: Mopaté, L. , Zeuh, V. , Adoum, I. and Nadjissara, D. (2014) Structure and Reproductive Performances of Sahelian Goats in the Guera Region, in Central Chad. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 4, 175-181. doi: 10.4236/ojas.2014.44022.

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