PENGAMATAN POTENSI REPRODUKSI KAMBING BETINA YANG DI PELIHARA SECARA TRADISIONAL DI DAERAH PESISIR KECAMATAN TOMBARIRI KABUPATEN MINAHASA

Abstract

ABSTRACT

OBSERVATION OF DOE REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL RAISED TRADITIONALLY AROUND COASTAL AREAS OF TOMBARIRI DISTRICT MINAHASA REGENCY. Doe has reproductive potential that can be measure based on goatling healthy kids, kidding interval, kidding size and kidding type. Tombariri district is one of potencial areas in Minahasa Regency to develop goat farming. Goat farming development needs many information including reproductive potential of doe. In fact, the scientific information about this subject has not been available yet. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproductive potential based on kidding interval, kidding size and kidding type of doe that were raised traditionally in District of Tombariri, Minahasa Regency. Samples of this research was took using purposive random sampling method. Data were collected by interview using quetionnaires to 40 farmers with total ownerships of 100 doe. Parameters of this study were kidding interval, kidding size and kidding type. The results shown that doe in Tombariri district had 243 days average of kidding interval. Kidding size range was 1.84-2.018 goatling per doe per year. Percentage of twin kids were above 80 percens per year. Based on those results, it can be concluded that the doe which were farmed traditionally around coastal area of Tombariri district, Minahasa Regency had the good reproductive potential.

Keywords : Doe, kidding interval, kidding size, twin kids,Tombariri district.