SK Das*

ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: SK Das, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Received: April 15, 2025; Published: May 27, 2025

Abstract

About 70 per cent of the landless agricultural labourers, marginal and small farmers in the country are associated with goat husbandry. It is not only an important source of income and employment for them, but also a vital source of animal protein for their family. So, it indicates that goat is potential animal for nutritional security, employment generation, economic growth and livelihood improvement. Recent research efforts have ascertained that goat is the ideal climate animal model due to better thermo tolerance, drought tolerance, and ability to survive on limited pastures as well as their disease resistance capacity. In the context of indirect effects of changing climate pertaining to feed and fodder availability, rearing goats is considered more economical than large ruminants. So this review article will give an idea about different stressors affecting productive, reproductive performances, diseases occurrence of goat and different adaption and mitigation measures to overcome the impact of climate change particularly heat stress so that goat farming would be climate smart and economically viable enterprise for the employment of rural population. .

Keywords: Effect; Heat Stress; Growth; Milk Yield; Reproduction; Immunity; Adaptation; Mitigation

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Citation

Citation: SK Das., et al. “Climate Resilient Goat Farming-A Review".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 7.6 (2025): 27-37.

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