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| Herold, Pera; Keller, Monika; Valle Zárate, Anne. |
| Dairy goat keeping is a growing business in Germany since the 1980ies. So far, there is little knowledge on the structure of these goat farms and their husbandry and breed-ing management. Aim of this study was to get an overview on dairy goat husbandry and breeding in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. For this, a structured questionnaire was developed to investigate operational characteristics and basic data on dairy goat husbandry and breeding. The addresses of commercial dairy goat farms where ob-tained from goat breeders associations. The feedback from goat farmers was very high (94%). Most dairy goat farms are organic farms and belong to specific certifying organisations. Most farms (87%) farm less than 50 ha of agricultural land and keep between 60 and... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9420/1/9420_Herold_Poster.pdf |
