Abstract
Fertility, prolificacy and milk production of two recently developed synthetic dairy goats (Çukurova and Taurus) were compared under subtropical conditions. Çukurova, introduced in the low-lands, are based on Kilis goats. Taurus in the highlands and mountainous area, are based on Kilgoats. Çukurova (69) showed slightly better reproductive performance than Taurus (86). Twinning rate and litter size at birth were 61.0, 63.1% and 1.61, 1.63 for 3-yr-old Taurus and Çukurova goats, respectively. Mean corrected milk yields (corrected for year) of Taurus and Çukurova goats were 376 ± 13.9 and 352 ± 14.8 kg, respectively ( P > 0.05). Taurus goats had longer lactation periods than Çukurova. It was concluded that the improved synthetic dairy goats, Taurus and Çukurova, gave satisfactory performances in milk yield, fertility and survival rate of weaning under subtropical climate conditions in the Çukurova region.
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