Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume II (eBook)

João SimõesBorn in 1967 in Portugal and son of small farmers, João Simões soon developed an affinity for agriculture and livestock that was to shape his professional life and career. From 1993, as a DVM he mainly worked in large-animal clinics. Simultaneously, he joined the Portuguese academy as a professor at the School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. His academic research is focused on goat reproduction, and he obtained his PhD degree in Veterinary Science on the subject in 2004. He has written numerous scientific and technical publications in collaboration with veterinary students, producers and national agricultural associations. He lives with his wife and two small children in the mountain region of northeast Portugal.Carlos Gutiérrez  Carlos Gutiérrez received the DVM in 1986, Diploma in Public Health in 1988, PhD in 1995, M.Sc. in 2003, and Diplom ECSRHM in 2013. Currently, he is a professor at the School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and Head of the Large Animal Unit, Teaching Veterinary Hospital. He is particularly interested in tropical animal diseases (trypanosomosis in particular), zoonosis and metabolic diseases affecting dairy goats.

ForewordPreface “Think global, act local”Introductory Chapter: Goats in Arid and Mountain AreasJuan Capote Section I Asia Chapter 2 Adaptation Strategies to Sustain Osmanabadi Goat Production in a Changing Climate Scenario Veerasamy Sejian, Govindan Krishnan, Madiajagan Bagath, Shalini Vaswani, Mallenahally K. Vidya, Joy Aleena, Vijai P. Maurya and Raghavendra Bhatta  Chapter 3 Barbari Goats: Current Status Pramila Umaraw, Akhilesh K. Verma and Pavan Kumar  Chapter 4 Chinese Indigenous Goat Breeds Yao-jing Yue, Bo-hui Yang, Yong-jun Li, Wei zhang, Yong Wang, Jian-min Wang and Qiong-huaHong  Chapter 5 Rearing and Breeding Damani Goats in Pakistan Masroor E. Babar and Tanveer Hussain  Section II Africa  Chapter  6 Adaptation of Local Meat Goat Breeds to South African Ecosystems Carina Visser  Chapter 7 West African Goat Breeds Diakaridia Traore  Chapter 8 Nigerian West African Dwarf Goats Saidu O. Oseni, Abdulmojeed Yakubu and Adenike R. Aworetan  Section III Europe and America  Chapter  9 Turkish Hair goat, the main pillar of goat population in Turkey Özkan Elmaz and Mustafa Saatci  Chapter 10 Honamlı, Newly Registered Special Goat Breed of Turkey Mustafa Saatci and Özkan Elmaz  Chapter 11 The Garganica and Girgentana Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy Davide De Marzo, Anna C. Jambrenghi and Francesco Nicastro  Chapter 12 The Jonica and Maltese Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy Davide De Marzo and Francesco Nicastro  Chapter 13 The Sarda Goat, a Resource for the Extensive Exploitation in the Mediterranean Environment Michele Pazzola, Maria Luisa Dettori and Giuseppe Massimo Vacca  Chapter 14 The Girgentana Goat Breed: A Zootechnical Overview on Genetics, Nutrition and Dairy Production Aspects Salvatore Mastrangelo and Adriana Bonanno  Chapter 15 Murciano-Granadina Goat: A Spanish Local Breed Ready for the Challenges of the 21st Century Juan Vicente Delgado, Vincenzo Landi, Cecilio José Barba, Javier Fernández, Mayra Mercedes Gómez, María Esperanza Camacho, María Amparo Martínez, Francisco Javier Navas and José Manuel León  Chapter 16 The Canary Islands’ Goat Breeds (Majorera, Tinerfeña and Palmera): An Example of Adaptation to Harsh Conditions Noemí Castro, Anastasio Argüello and Juan Capote  Chapter 17 Reproductive and milk production profiles in Serrana Goats João Simões and Amy Bauer  Chapter 18 Situation of Goat Farming in the Czech Republic Zuzana Sztankoova and Jana Rychtářová  Chapter 19 Current Situation and Outlook of Several Local Goat Breeds in the Semi-Arid Regions of Brazil Maria N. Ribeiro, Francisco F. Ramos de Carvalho, Roberto G. Costa, Edgard C. Pimenta Filho, Janaina K. G. Arandas and Henrique S. Sérvio  Index