Goat Management: Reproductive Management

The most important factors affecting productivity and profitability of a goat enterprise is reproduction performance and production efficiency. Goat reproductive management should aim at attaining greater than 90% kidding rate, more than one kids per parturition with a rate of survival higher than 90% to weaning. Reproduction in goats is influenced primarily by nutritional status, genetic potential, environmental conditions, photoperiod (not equatorial zones) and health status. Reproductive management practices to influence these factors are available; thus, there is ample margin to increase reproductive efficiency of goats both under extensive and intensive conditions.