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Volume 33, No. (3), 2023 (June)
STUDY OF SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING BIRTH WEIGHT OF ARBIA GOATS IN GUELMA DISTRICT, ALGERIA
A. Boumezaouet, R. Zebsa and L Mebirouk-Boudechiche

A. Boumezaouet, R. Zebsa and L Mebirouk-Boudechiche

1Laboratory of Epidemio-surveillance, Health, Production and Reproduction, Experimentation and Cell Therapy of Domestic and Wild Animals, University Chadli Bendjedid El Tarf, B.P 73, 36000, EL Tarf, Algeria.

2Laboratory of Biology, Water and Environment, Department of Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Faculty SNV-STU, University of 8 May 1945, Guelma BP 401 24000, Algeria

3Department of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Mohamed Cherif M’Saadia, Souk Ahras, Algeria

Page Number(s): 727-733
Published Online First: June 01, 2023
Publication Date: June 01, 2023
ABSTRACT

Arbia goat is the most common indigenous breed of North-eastern Algeria, and it has an acceptable production capacity in that region. The gender, litter size, parity, year and month of kidding were used as source of variation of birth weight. A total of 474 kids, reared by nine smallholders under extensive breeding conditions,, were weighed immediately after birth during two seasons of kidding. A Linear mixed effects model (in R software) was used to analyse our results and revealed that average birth weight was 2.63±0.31 Kg with a significance difference between sex (2.69 ±0.32 Kg and 2.60 ±0.30 Kg for males and females, respectively) (P≤0, 0001). Kids born as single were heavier (2.91 ±0.34 Kg) than those born as twins and triplets (2.61 ±0.26 Kg and 2.33 ±0.27 Kg, respectively) (P≤0,0001). A positive relationship between age of dam and birth weight was found (P≤0.01). Month of birth has a significant effect on birth weight. Synchronization of kidding during November and December is desired.

Keywords: Algerian native goats,birth weight, extensive system, parity, sex, type of birth
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