Reproductive characters of senduro goat at lumajang district east java

Abstract

Senduro goat is native local animals of Lumajang District East Java, Indonesia. These goats are considered as a potential new genetic resource for both milk and meat that has been declared as new breed Indonesia goat at 2014. The character of Senduro goat was identic with Etawah crossbreed (PE), because it was selected from PE by the farmer group and Senduro breeding association. The aims of this research were characterized reproductive characters of adult female Senduro goat existing in smallholder farm. The location of the study was carried out purposively in 6 villages in Senduro sub-district, Lumajang. It used 155 adult Senduro goats. The results showed that the average litter size was 1.83 + 0.69 per parent, while the kidding interval was 281.87 + 37.66 days. The mortality rate of Senduro goats was considered low, at 4.93%. So, the reproductive performance is deemed to be low. The incidence of single births was 32.45%, while multiple births reached 67.55%, where the twin births type were the highest achieving 55.62%. Reproduction character or performance based on litter size and kidding interval is categorized as a low category, it needs to be improved so that it has better reproductive performance and productivity.