Simple Summary Today, globally, there is a need for animal protein products. Goats are a
viable option as they can transform feed to high-quality foods. In Mexico, information on goat …

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 …

Several naturalized sheep breeds in the South American continent have little objective
information available and as population size is becoming smaller the need for this …

Simple Summary The need to characterize and document local animal populations has
gradually gained global importance. This is because these populations represent a genetic …

To aid in improvement of breeding programs for production and reproduction traits of US
dairy goats, breed differences over time were documented and genetic parameters were …

Simple Summary Genetic evaluations and the selection of breeding animals require the
accurate estimation of genetic parameters for economically important traits. As a result, dairy …

Goat production in México since the beginning has been associated with poverty because
only low income families who live in rural areas were the only ones that raise goats with the …

Currently, breeding values for dairy goats in the United Kingdom are not estimated and
selection is based only on phenotypes. Several studies from other countries have applied …

En México, la población caprina se concentra en sistemas de producción extensivos, con
hatos formados en mayoría por cabras que los productores llaman criollas, denominación …

Factors influencing milk production (MP) of local goats in 14 flocks of 5 communities of the
Comarca Lagunera, México, were evaluated. Management of goats was under extensive …