Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1
billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of …

We conducted a comprehensive review of livestock farming in Bangladesh to unveil current
challenges and potential opportunities in this agriculture sector. Six challenges were …

Background Goat populations that are characterized within the AdaptMap project cover a
large part of the worldwide distribution of this species and provide the opportunity to assess …

The objective of this study was to characterize the milk yield (MY) and milk composition of
relevant sheep and goat breeds raised around the world to be used with nutrition models for …

Goats are the supporting pillars of rural economy contributing significantly to meat and milk
production in India. It is a species targeted for fulfilling the interdependent goals of poverty …

Crossbreeding in Indonesian goat has been a common practice to improve genetic quality
by mating the local does with exotic goat to produce offspring. The offspring, kids, are …

This chapter was designed to figure out the basic knowledge about domestication,
adaptation and immigration of goat breeds, with a spotlight on modern versus old strategies …

Identifying genome regions subject to selection in local breeds of Brazil is an opportunity to
elucidate the C. hircus genome plasticity, flowing the colonization history of the country …

Identifying genome regions subject to selection in local breeds of Brazil is an opportunity to
elucidate the C. hircus genome plasticity, flowing the colonization history of the country …

The genetic diversity of most global goat populations has been assessed in recent decades
using nuclear markers but remains unstudied in the south Arabian Peninsula, particularly in …