Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I: Welfare, Health and Breeding

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix
 Introductory Chapter: Is There a Future for Goat Pastoral Systems?  (Serge Yan Landau)....Pages 1-11
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 Sustainability of Local Goat Genetic Resources in the Mediterranean Region  (Dehouegnon Jerry Agossou, Nazan Koluman (Darcan))....Pages 15-29
 Goat Production in Eastern Africa: Practices, Breed Characteristics, and Opportunities for Their Sustainability  (Anne W. T. Muigai, Ally M. Okeyo, Julie M. K. Ojango)....Pages 31-57
 Socio-Economic Aspects of Goat Farming in Arid Environments. The Example of Turkey  (Ufuk Gültekin, Osman Torun, Nazan Koluman (Darcan))....Pages 59-68
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 Reproductive Strategies for Goat Production in Adverse Environments  (Alejo Menchaca, Rodolfo Ungerfeld)....Pages 71-88
 Using Socio-Sexual Stimulations for Sustainable Goat Production Under Subtropical Latitudes  (José A. Delgadillo, Philippe Chemineau, Matthieu Keller)....Pages 89-99
 Threatened Goat Breeds from the Tropics: The Impact of Crossbreeding with Foreign Goats  (Maria N. Ribeiro, Laura Leandro da Rocha, Francisco F. Ramos de Carvalho, Roberto G. Costa, Janaína K. Gomes Arandas, Neila L. Ribeiro)....Pages 101-110
 Genetic Improvement of Local Goats  (Nuno Carolino, António Vicente, Inês Carolino)....Pages 111-134
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 Murciano-Granadina Goat Nutrition Including Local Feed Resources  (Eduarda Molina-Alcaide, Manuel Romero-Huelva)....Pages 137-154
 Synergies Between Goat Grazing and Shrub Biomass in Mountain Areas  (Duarte Marques, Marco Fachada, Hélder Viana)....Pages 155-175
 Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Dairy Goats  (João Simões, Carlos Gutiérrez)....Pages 177-194
 Goat Meat Production in Resource-Constrained Environments and Methods to Improve Quality and Yield  (Edward C. Webb, Pamela Pophiwa)....Pages 195-209
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 Major Infectious Diseases with Impact on Goat Production in North African Countries  (Moustafa Kardjadj, Meriem H. Ben-Mahdi)....Pages 213-222
 Health and Welfare of Indigenous Goat Breeds from Dairy Farms in Greece  (Athanasios I. Gelasakis, Georgios E. Valergakis, Georgios Arsenos)....Pages 223-246
 Diagnosis of Mycobacteriosis in Goats: Tuberculosis and Paratuberculosis  (Hélder Quintas, Isabel Pires, Justina Prada, Maria da Conceição Fontes, Ana Cláudia Coelho)....Pages 247-266
 Facing Anthelmintic Resistance in Goats  (Carine Paraud, Christophe Chartier)....Pages 267-292
 Haemoparasitism of Goats and Sheep  (Snorre Stuen)....Pages 293-315
 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (I): Etiopathophysiological Particularities  (Hélder Quintas, Gisele Margatho, Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez, João Simões)....Pages 317-333
 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (II): Microbiological Diagnosis and Somatic Cells Count  (Hélder Quintas, Gisele Margatho, Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez, Rocío Jiménez-Granado, João Simões)....Pages 335-358
 Control Strategies to Face Major Tropical and Subtropical Diseases Affecting Goats  (Carlos Gutiérrez, João Simões)....Pages 359-378
 Microbiological Safety of Goat Milk and Cheese: Evidences from a Meta-Analysis  (Vasco A. P. Cadavez, Vânia Rodrigues, Ursula A. Gonzales-Barron)....Pages 379-390
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 Climate Change and Goat Agriculture Interactions in the Mediterranean Region  (Nazan Koluman (Darcan), Nissim Silanikove, Ahmet Koluman)....Pages 393-405
 Impact of Adverse Environmental Stress on Productive and Reproductive Performance in Osmanabadi Goats  (Veerasamy Sejian, Madiajagan Bagath, Govindan Krishnan, Shalini Vaswani, Payyanakkal R. Archana, Prathap Pragna et al.)....Pages 407-428
 Heat Stress Effects on Water Metabolism of Goats in Harsh Environments  (Nazan Koluman (Darcan), Ahmet Koluman, Dilek Arsoy)....Pages 429-438
 Why and How to Measure Goats’ Welfare  (George Stilwell)....Pages 439-453
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 Conservation and Utilization of Indigenous Goats and Breeding of New Breeds in China  (Chao Yuan, Ting-ting Guo, Jian-bin Liu, Yao-jing Yue, Bo-hui Yang)....Pages 457-472
 Genomics for the Improvement of Productivity and Robustness of South African Goat Breeds  (Edgar F. Dzomba, Khanyisile Mdladla, Keabetswe T. Ncube, Farai C. Muchadeyi)....Pages 473-488
 Nuclear and Mitochondrial Marker-Based Diversity and Population Structuring of Indian Goats  (Sonika Ahlawat, Rekha Sharma)....Pages 489-507
 Conservation of Goat Populations from Southwestern Europe Based on Molecular Diversity Criteria  (Catarina Ginja, Oscar Cortés, Luís T. Gama, Juan V. Delgado, Marcel Amills, Carolina Bruno de Sousa et al.)....Pages 509-533
Back Matter ....Pages 535-539