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The Goat Reproduction Group provides technical sheets on goat reproduction, emphasizing the importance of effective management strategies for successful breeding. Key strategies include seasonal management, animal preparation, and various breeding programs tailored to specific goals and periods. Monitoring results post-breeding is crucial for assessing reproductive success.

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Detail Dossier - Les Fiches Techniques Du GRC

The Goat Reproduction Group provides technical sheets on goat reproduction, emphasizing the importance of effective management strategies for successful breeding. Key strategies include seasonal management, animal preparation, and various breeding programs tailored to specific goals and periods. Monitoring results post-breeding is crucial for assessing reproductive success.

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DOSSIER

GRC files
Published on 05/26/2023 by Fabrice Bidan (Institut de l’Elevage), Alice Fatet
(INRAE), Lisa Johnson (INNOVAL), Goat Reproduction Group

Reproduction goat

The Goat Reproduction Group offers you a series of technical sheets on


reproduction, updated regularly.

The organization and success of reproduction determine milk production (forecasting


and spreading of production), the future of the herd (replacement kids), the technical
and economic efficiency of breeding and impacts the organization of work. This
success first requires good management of the reproduction strategy, via the very
rigorous application of validated preparation programs (grouping by buck effect, heat
synchronization, deseasonalization, etc.), adapted to the breeder's objectives.
Whether in natural or AI mating, but also for returns in natural mating, ...

... several steps are essential:


Goat reproduction is seasonal, meaning that the reproductive activity of goats is
restricted to a period of the year. The seasonality of reproduction is linked to specific
physiological mechanisms that regulate the sexual cycle and the expression of heat
throughout the year. To meet market needs, deseasonal management is essential.

Adapted breeding strategies exist for each period


of the year, and require planning 6 months
before breeding:
The lighting program (Sheet 1a) prepares bucks and does for reproduction
outside the sexual season by mimicking natural changes in day length.
To achieve this, the lighting installations (Sheet 1b) must comply with the
recommendations.

To ensure breeding efficiency and fertility


results, animal preparation is essential and
should be anticipated 3 months before breeding:
Goat breeding: from the choice of replacement to reproduction (Sheet 2a) . The
selection, management and preparation of the bucks are as essential as for the
goats.
Using vasectomized bucks for the buck effect (Sheet 2b) represents an
interesting alternative to using entire males with aprons for certain programs.
The selection of goats for insemination (Sheet 2c) requires rigorous sorting to
ensure good fertility. Sorting will be done on the following criteria: physiological
(reproductive ability), genetic (compliance with the selection objective), general
condition and morphology of the animals (longevity).

The reproduction is characterized by 3 stages:


The choice of a breeding program depends on:
the chosen breeding period,
the goal of synchronizing or grouping heats,
the need to have insemination at a specific time,
technical possibilities (equipment, goats, labor, etc.),
the desire to limit the use of hormones.

This program can be combined with a light treatment if necessary.


Breeding program Breeding period

The hormonal synchronization program (PHS - Sheet


3a) allows the synchronization of the heats of the
goats for insemination at a predetermined time
whatever the season.

The Sponge and Goat Effect program (EpEB - Sheet


3b) allows the synchronization of the heats of goats
for insemination at a specific time. It allows for less
use of hormones, and in particular to avoid PMSG.

The Goat Effect program (EB – Sheet 3c) allows the


triggering and grouping of heats in goats. It allows
inseminations to be carried out over a few days of a
predefined week, without resorting to hormones.
Breeding program Breeding period

The Natural Heat program (CN - Sheet 3d) allows


inseminations to be carried out without the use of
hormones, during the sexual season. AIs are then
spread over a minimum period of three weeks.

The organization of an insemination site (Sheet 3e) requires consideration before


its implementation, to properly plan the interventions and ensure that the site
takes place under good conditions.
Heat detection before insemination (Sheet 3f) before insemination may be
optional or mandatory depending on the goat preparation program in place.
Several methods exist.

The results are monitored 4 months after the


start of breeding.
The pregnancy report (Sheet 4a) is a decisive element for monitoring reproduction.
Different methods are available: observation of returns to heat, ultrasound,
progesterone or gestation-specific protein assays in the blood or milk.

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