Modern achievements in dairy goat breeding

Abstract

In recent years, the world population of dairy goats has grown. Advanced farms have observed a significant increase in the productivity of dairy goats up to 1600 kg of milk on average in the herd. This is ensured by the development of industrial technology, new methods and techniques of feeding, herd reproduction and rearing. Robotized complexes for feed preparation and distribution, etc. are being introduced on farms. The range of scientific achievements in dairy goat breeding includes the technology of prolonged lactation from 600 to 1500 days without tupping. In the UK, a new breed of Yorkshire milk goats has been developed with an average productivity of 1600 kg of milk and prolonged lactation for more than 600 days. Industrial goat breeding is also developing in Russia and the CIS countries. Animal productivity on the best farms is comparable to the average European indicators of 900-1000 kg of milk per lactation. The most common goat breeds such as Zaanen, Alpine, Toggenburg, and Nubian are imported to our country: