The economies of goats and meriz kids managed under different feeding systems

Abstract EN

The objective of this study was to assess the economic benefit of kids of goat and Meriz managed under different feeding systems by using partial budget analysis.

Twelve weaned kids from each of Meriz and native goat were divided into three different feeding systems (intensive, semi-intensive and extensive) for 90 days at the animal farm of the College of Agriculture, University of Duhok.

A higher return ID (4759.22 and 5884 ) with marginal return (80.2%) and (58.8%) was achieved by Meriz and goat raised under semi-intensive systems compared with those managed under both intensive and pasture systems.

The results revealed that goat raised under intensive system create losses compared with those raised either semi-intensively or on pasture.

Also, the present results indicate that Meriz raised intensively and semi-intensively significantly gained more weight than those raised extensively.

However, the differences in gain in weight were not significant among different systems in goats