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Das PK, Mukherjee J, Banerjee D, Ghosh PR, Samanta I, Jas R, Patra AK. Growth, haemato-biochemical, hormonal and disease characteristics in Black Bengal goats: a review. Trop Anim Health Prod 2024; 56:52. [PMID: 38253786 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-024-03898-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
The goats have been considered one of the noteworthy animals to provide food security and could promote socio-economic upliftment under challenging climatic scenarios in the coming decades, particularly in the tropics. Black Bengal goat (BBG) is one of the recognised native meat-type breeds of hot-humid tropics with distinguished characteristics, including superior-quality meat, excellent skin and high prolificacy. Smaller body mass, lower metabolic rate and efficient utilisation of high-fibre forages enable BBG to adapt to a wide range of harsh climates in the tropics. The BBG can maintain physiological homeostasis efficiently in terms of electrolyte profile, endocrine functions and haemato-biochemical traits in different life phases, including the gestation period, even in high-saline coastal areas of hot-humid tropics. Crossbreeding to improve its growth rate has been attempted, but the prolificacy has been decayed. This review is intended to attract global attention to the adaptive potentialities of Black Bengal goats in terms of growth and production, haemato-biochemical, endocrinological, salt tolerance and disease characteristics that could be an asset of climate-resilient agricultural farming.
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- Pradip Kumar Das
- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India
- American Institute for Goat Research, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, 73050, USA
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Banerjee I, Mishra D, Das T, Maiti S, Maiti TK. Caprine (Goat) Collagen: A Potential Biomaterial for Skin Tissue Engineering. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2012; 23:355-73. [DOI: 10.1163/092050610x551943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Indranil Banerjee
- a Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- b Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- c Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- d Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- e Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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