• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.108-113
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• 1984

This survey was carried out for two years from June of 1982 to May of 1984 to investigate factors influencing the Korean native goat rearing. The results were summarized as follows. 1. The daily gain of female goats from weaning age to yearling was 41.9g in average. The maximum and minimum gains were 55.1 and 30.1g, respectively. 2. The mean body weights when purchased from the market were 8.07kg for survived goats and 5.89kg for dead goats. 3. The kidding months of does were distributed throughout all the seasons, and the average litter sizes were 1.2 kids for first kidding and 2.0 kids for second kidding. 4. The amount of DM intake was 2.78% of the body weight. The DM digestibility was 62.91 % for the first pregnant goats under good feeding condition. 5. The amount of DM intake was 3.92% of the body weight. The DM digestibility was 47.01% for the growing female goats under fair feeding condition. 6. The goats seemed to prefer shrub plants to grass. About 65% of the total dry forage consumed was tumbergiana (kudzu).