Saanen goat milk production analysis

Authors

  • Verônica Schmidt UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v15n04a793.1-7

Keywords:

Productive chain, lactation curve, lactation

Abstract

 

The goat milk productive market in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is little developed yet due, especially, to cultural habits and prejudice with products done with goat milk. Beyond, goats still known as animals with low nutritional requirements and sanitary conditions raised, most of the time, in inappropriate areas. Secondary data analysis was done, obtained from a milk goat productive farm located in São Francisco de Paula-RS. Data represents the volume of milk produced weekly, according to the parturition order, in the period from 2006 to 2017. Based on this data, the production curve of five years was created. It was determined that the curve keeps a standard cubic tendency in relation to the lactation period. Yet, the volume of milk produced increases gradually until the third lactation, after that it starts to decrease.

Published

2021-02-05

Issue

Section

Produção animal

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