Singh, R.A.BHAT, ABDUL SALAM2023-03-292023-03-291987https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810195908STUDIES ON SOME MEAT PRODUCTION TRAITS IN CROSSBRED GOATS UNDER DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF MANAGEMENTThe production cost per unit live weight gain was high in all the systems of rearing especially intensive and semi intensive, considerably high cost of all the inputs feed end fodder which excluding labour, constituted 75 per cent of the total contributed much to the increase in the production cost. The lower dressing percentage which varies from breed to breed had its influence on the carcass yield. The kids grazed entirely on pasture simulated a situation prevalent in the country side where supplemental feeding varied from zero to negligible quantity. But the cost of production though comparatively low did not seem so promising as to offer a better and lucrative proposition in absence of adequate supplement.EnglishThesis