Maternal behaviors of Saanen x Hair goat crosses at partum and early postpartum doe-kid relationships

KAŞIKCI D.

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, cilt.16, sa.6, ss.7791-7798, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15666/aeer/1606_77917798
  • Dergi Adı: Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7791-7798
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Goat, Maternal behavior, Parturition behavior, Saanen x Hair crosses
  • Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The purpose of this study was to describe maternal behavior of Saanen x Hair Goat crosses during and shortly after parturition and to determine the effect of some factors on doe-kid relationship. Parturition length, drying the kid by licking characteristics, time taken for placenta expulsion were taken as partum and postpartum behavior characteristics. Parturition length, time taken to lick, licking duration and time taken for placenta expulsion were found to be 129.8, 2.4, 21.35, 222.7 min, respectively. Behavior traits belonging to kids were first attempt to stand up, time taken to stand up, first attempt to suckle and time taken to suckle, which were 5.7, 28.9, 38.8, 67.5 min, respectively. There was a positive correlation between time taken for placenta expulsion and licking. There was a significant correlation between first attempt to suckle and other traits (P < 0.05).