Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume II: Local Goat Breeds

Section I Asia

Chapter 2 Adaptation Strategies to Sustain Osmanabadi Goat Production in a Changing Climate Scenario

Veerasamy Sejian, Govindan Krishnan, Madiajagan Bagath, Shalini Vaswani, Mallenahally K. Vidya, Joy Aleena, Vijai P. Maurya and Raghavendra Bhatta 

Chapter 3 Barbari Goats: Current Status

Pramila Umaraw, Akhilesh K. Verma and Pavan Kumar 

Chapter 4 Chinese Indigenous Goat Breeds

Yao-jing Yue, Bo-hui Yang, Yong-jun Li, Wei zhang, Yong Wang, Jian-min Wang and Qiong-huaHong 

Chapter 5 Rearing and Breeding Damani Goats in Pakistan

Masroor E. Babar and Tanveer Hussain 

Section II Africa 

Chapter  6 Adaptation of Local Meat Goat Breeds to South African Ecosystems

Carina Visser 

Diakaridia Traore 

Chapter 8 Nigerian West African Dwarf Goats

Saidu O. Oseni, Abdulmojeed Yakubu and Adenike R. Aworetan

 Section III Europe and America 

Özkan Elmaz and Mustafa Saatci 

Chapter 10 Honamli, Newly Registered Special Goat Breed of Turkey

Mustafa Saatci and Özkan Elmaz 

Chapter 11 The Garganica and Girgentana Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy

Davide De Marzo, Anna C. Jambrenghi and Francesco Nicastro 

Chapter 12 The Jonica and Maltese Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy

Davide De Marzo and Francesco Nicastro 

Chapter 13 The Sarda Goat, a Resource for the Extensive Exploitation in the Mediterranean Environment

Michele Pazzola, Maria Luisa Dettori and Giuseppe Massimo Vacca 

Chapter 14 The Girgentana Goat Breed: A Zootechnical Overview on Genetics, Nutrition and Dairy Production Aspects

Salvatore Mastrangelo and Adriana Bonanno 

Chapter 15 Murciano-Granadina Goat: A Spanish Local Breed Ready for the Challenges of the 21st Century

Juan Vicente Delgado, Vincenzo Landi, Cecilio José Barba, Javier Fernández, Mayra Mercedes Gómez, María Esperanza Camacho, María Amparo Martínez, Francisco Javier Navas and José Manuel León 

Chapter 16 The Canary Islands' Goat Breeds (Majorera, Tinerfeña and Palmera): An Example of Adaptation to Harsh Conditions

Noemí Castro, Anastasio Argüello and Juan Capote 

Chapter 17 Reproductive and milk production profiles in Serrana Goats

João Simões and Amy Bauer 

Chapter 18 Situation of Goat Farming in the Czech Republic

Zuzana Sztankoova and Jana Rychtárová 

Chapter 19 Current Situation and Outlook of Several Local Goat Breeds in the Semi-Arid Regions of Brazil

Maria N. Ribeiro, Francisco F. Ramos de Carvalho, Roberto G. Costa, Edgard C. Pimenta Filho, Janaina K. G. Arandas and Henrique S. Sérvio 

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