1: Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I: Welfare, Health and Breeding

This book explores the current trends and challenges of sustainable goat meat and milk production in different global contexts providing valuable insights into this industry in adverse environments like mountain semiarid and arid regions. It also includes contributions from international experts discussing goat reproduction genetic diversity and improvement as well topics such as animal health welfare socioeconomic aspects and many other issues regarding the environmentally friendly and economically viable exploitation of goats.This is a highly informative book providing scientific insi ght for readers with an interest in sustainable agriculture and socio-economic aspects as well as goat breed conservation genetic diversity and veterinary care. These subjects are complemented in a second volume providing a detailed description of more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes found in Asia Africa Europe and America.