Tropicultura (Jan 2017)
Facteurs agissant sur la mortalité des chevreaux Djallonké et croisés Djallonké et Sahélien à la station de Kolokopé
Abstract
Mortality Determinants of Djallonke Kids and Crossbred between Djallonke and Sahelian Buck at Kolokope Station. Productivity of Djallonke goats is low despite their good prolificacy. This low productivity is due to the high mortality rate before weaning of the kids. Perinatal mortality is often related to the low birth weight of kids. Crosses between Djallonke goats and a Sahelian buck goat on one hand and between Djallonke goats and bucks of the same breed on the other hand were carried out during two campaigns at the National Goat Sheep Program station of Kolokopé. A mortality rate of 78.3± 14.6% was observed for pure Djallonke kids which were born with a weight less than 1 kg. During the two seasons, the mortality rate was higher but not significant for pure Djallonke (41.3 ± 7.1%) compared to the mortality of crossed ones (30.9 ± 8.1%). The factors sex, birth mode, breed and calving season did not affect the pre-weaning mortality of the kid's. Birth weight affected very significantly the kid's mortality. The crossbreeding between Djallonke goats and a Sahelian buck induced a reduction of mortality rate at weaning. This reduction was due to the improvement of the birth weight of crossbreds compared to the birth weight of the pure Djallonke. This method can therefore been considered as one of the ways to improve the survival of Djallonke kids at weaning.
