PRODUCTIVITY COMPARISON BETWEEN BOER AND KACANG GOAT DAM
Abstract: A study to evaluate
the productivity of Boer and Kacang goats dam was carried out for 2 years
atResearch Institute for Goat Production, Sungei Putih-North Sumatera. The
materials used were goatsowned by the institute. The parameters observed were
total birth and weaning weights of kid, litter size,parity of dam, pre-weaning
mortality and kidding interval. The rate of reproduction and productivity ofthe
dam were estimated using Amir and Knipscheer methods and were statistically
analyzed usingGeneral Linear Model. The results showed that the total birth and
weaning weight of Boer goats werehigher (P<0.05) than that of Kacang goats,
while litter size of Boer goats were higher (P<0.05) than thatof Kacang
goats. The pre-weaning mortality of Boer goat 15.1 ± 6.02% was lower than that
ofKacang. The kidding interval of Boer goats was higher (P<0.05) than that
of Kacang. Parity of dam hadsignificant effect on all production traits
(P<0.05) except for pre-weaning mortality. Dam reproductionrate of Boer
(1.81) was higher than that of Kacang (1.78), while productivity of Boer goat
(37.12kg/head/year) was higher than that of Kacang (18.12). It can be concluded
that the reproductivity ofBoer and Kacang goats were similar, however the
productivity of Boer goat had better than Kacang.
Author: S. Elieser, S. Sumadi,
G.S. Budisatria, S. Subandriyo
Journal Code: jppeternakangg120077
