EVALUATION OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND GENETIC PROGRESS IN SAANEN GOAT BREED AT NATIONAL GOAT RESEARCH PROGRAM BANDIPUR, TANAHU, NEPAL

  • Maheshwar Dahal, Raju Kadel, A. Shrestha and P. B. Shrestha

A study was conducted in National Goat Research Program, Bandipur, Tanahu, Nepal to evaluate the growth performance of Saanen pure goats. A total 19 off spring born on FY 2074/075 were used for the analysis of mean of birth weight, weaning weight and eight-month weight. Out of all born 12 kids were male and 7 kids were female and the twining percentage and mortality rate were 58.33 % and 5.26%, respectively. The birth weight for Saanen pure kids were 3.75±1.24 kg for male and 3.60± 1.84 kg for female kids. The mean weaning weight and eightmonth weight were 16.14±2.67kg, 29 ±2.95kg for males and 15.50 ±2.29 kg and 22.2 ±3.12 kg for females, respectively. The body weight gain from birth to eightmonth age was 107.29 g per day for male and 77.50 g per day for female kids, respectively. These results indicated a genetic progress of the breed.