GOAT PROD

• 2022 Goat inventory in the Philippines = 3.15 M head (PSA, 2022)
• About 99% are in smallholders intended to supplement household income
• Commonly known as the “poor man’s cow”
• Anglo-Nubian

  • It originated from Africa
  • Proud and has graceful appearance with long wide and pendulous ears and Roman convex nose.
  • Color varies from black, gray, cream, white, shades of tan, reddish brown and facial stripes
  • Dual purpose (meat/milk)
• Toggenberg

  • It originated from Swiss Alps
  • It has a shade of brown to the body with white on the lower legs, base of the tail and down each side of the face
  • Dual purpose (meat/milk)
• Boer

  • It has white body with brown or black head.
  • Meat type
• Alpine

  • It originated form French Alps
  • It has a wide variation in color from white, gray, brown and black with erect ears
  • Dairy type
• Saanen

  • It originated from Saanen Valley in Switzerland
  • It has well-built head and neck, straight nose and erect ears It is cream to white in color  Dairy type
• Native goat

  • Popular and well-known in the Philippines
  • Small in size, stocky and low set
  • It has a wide variation of colors with erect ear
• Hybrid vigor – when the performance of the crossbred progeny is better than the average of the purebred parents (highest at F1)
• A shed 2 meters wide and 3 meters long is sufficient to accommodate 2 goats but extra space is needed for the kids
• The height of the fence should be 1.5 meters tall to confine the goat successfully
• Tethering

  Goats are tied to a rope about 6 to 10-m long to gain access to enough forage
• Extensive system

  • Small herds of about 5 to 10 animals and let loose to browse on waste vegetation and hedges
  • Grazing of animals along paddy dikes without feeding on the rice plants, along dikes of fishponds and under tree crops to control weeds.
• Intensive system

  • Goats are confined and stall feeding is being practiced
  • They are supplied with soilage like napier grass or guinea grass, rice straw with molasses and concentrate
• Bucks need plenty of exercise to make them active
• Disbudding is best performed in kid at about 3 to 5 weeks old
• Dehorning is done in much older animals
• Castration - All buck kids not intended for breeding should be castrated
• Castration is best done when the kids are about 2 to 4 weeks old
• Hoof trimming - This practice aims to prevent malformation of toes and to prevent foot rot that results from manure getting inside the untrimmed hoof.