Production systems of Creole goat and their implications for a breeding programme

The Creole goat is a local meat breed well adapted to the tropical environment of Guadeloupe, a French island in the Caribbean. A survey of 47 goat farmers was conducted in May 2008 to describe the Guadeloupean goat farming systems. It was the preliminary step for the implementation of a breeding pr...

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Main Authors: M. Gunia, N. Mandonnet, R. Arquet, C. de la Chevrotière, M. Naves, M. Mahieu, G. Alexandre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110001412