Abstract

MATIAS, Julio Villacrees; MALDONADO, Lourdes Ortega  and  GARCIA, Debbie Chavez. Characterization of caprine production systems, in the province of SantaElena. RCTU [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.2, pp.9-19. ISSN 1390-7697.  https://doi.org/10.26423/rctu.v4i2.268.

The province of Santa Elena is recognized as a producer of goats, either by the existing production systems, as well as by the typical dish that is offered; the lack of studies describing goat production systems in Santa Elena has been the main reason for this study; which consisted in the collection of primary information by applying surveys to livestock farmers of all the communes of the province; which were analyzed by descriptive statistics, where a total of 497 cattle ranchers were surveyed, which had a total of 7293 animals, 75% female animals, which shows a good relation of the composition of the herd, which, in addition, is conformed with 92% of native goats. The analyzed variables are related to the current production of goats and were grouped in several components that are, social component, herd composition, existing technology, characteristics of the feeding, animal health and commercialization.

Keywords : Livestock; Cattle; Production; Goats.

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