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AJVS. 2017; 53(2): 11-15


Impact of Dominance on Behaviour of Goat reared under Different Housing Systems

Shereen E. Abdel-Hamid.




Abstract

This study was carried out on a flock of Baladi goat breed belonging to the farm of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University and a private farm, at Hehia city, Sharkia governorate on a total number fourty baladi goats, apparently healthy, aged from 9-18 months were used to and divided into 20 goat on each system of housing either insemi-intensive system and village system to investigate the effect of dominance hierarchy on ingestive ( feeding, drinking and rumination) , aggressive and eliminative behaviour( frequency of urination and defecation) of goat in relation to housing system. The animals were allocated randomly into two separate, equal groups (4 males, 16 females). The results revealed that there was a significance difference (P 0.66 were higher than goats with dominance index(0.33-0.66)and goat with dominance index

Key words: Goat, Management, Dominance hierarchy, Behaviour, housing system.






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