Black Bengal Goats

Black Bengal Goats

 Black Bengal goat is a very useful small livestock in Bangladesh. It is also a great source of income for the poor people of this country. Goat farming has a very important role in reducing unemployment and poverty, increasing meat or milk production and earning currency from foreign country. And Black Bengal goat is really very perfect for this campaign. There are about 25 millions of goats in Bangladesh. Most of those goats are “Black Bengal goat”. This goat breed is very suitable for meat, milk and skin production. The milk and meat of this goat is very tasty and nutritious than any other goat breed. And it’s meat and milk has a great demand throughout the world. 


 Benefits of Raising Black Bengal Goat:

There are many benefits of Black Bengal goat farming. The main of those are described below.As goat is a small animal, it’s food demand is relatively low.

• They require less space for living than other livestock.
• The necessary capital and investment for starting goat farming    business with this breed is very low and it is within the ability of general people.
• Diseases are relatively less than other domestic animal.
• Produce many goats in short time.
• The female goat became pregnant twice a year and give birth 2-3 baby  goat each time.
• The meat, skin and milk of this goat has a huge demand in Bangladesh and abroad.
• The goat milk prevent tuberculosis and asthma. For this reason it has a great demand to the Bangladeshi people.
• Raising Black Bengal goat can be considered as an additional source of income for the landless farmer.

Physical Characteristics:

 
Black Bengal goat has a broad chest, ears are always on top, horn may small or medium. Their body is tight and relatively shorter than other goat breed. The hair of the skin is smooth. This goat breed start producing baby goat at their 12-15 months of age. The female goat became pregnant twice a year. In proper care and management they can produce more than 2 kids each time. We can get about 11 kg of consumable meat and a high quality skin from a goat weights about 20 kg. The skin of the goat is really a very valuable byproduct. Semi intensive method is very effective for Black Bengal goat farming.