Abstract:
Growth
rate performance
and management
practice
of twenty eight (28) weaned
Sokoto
Red goat kids under
the traditional
management
system were monitored
for a period of 14weeks (May-August)
inselected
hamlets
of Sokoto
State. The management
system practiced
involved
allowing
the weaned
kids to go out for grazing
in the morning
and return in the evening.
Their source of supplementation
is cereal bran and preserved
hay
which is offered
only in the evening.
All the experimental
animals
were weaned
at the age of 3 months.
The
results of the study indicated
that the average
daily live weight gain of single (27.78 glday) and male (27.55
gI
day) kids were significantly
higher (P<0.05)
than that of twins (24.59 g/day) and females
(24.59
g/day)
respectively.
Higher
nortality
rate of3% was recorded
from twin kids. These results indicate
that single birth
kids and male kids grew better than the twin and
