Technological innovation in goat production

Abstract

The Brazilian agribusiness has being passed through intensive growth and it has been stimulating transformations of the productive systems both in intensification and professionalization of animal production. In this regard, producers are seeking the use of strategies to better attend the new challenges of the animal production. Among the strategies stands out the technological innovations, which should result in real benefit to the activity by increasing productivity, improving product’s quality and providing protection to the environment. As other segments of the Brazilian agribusiness, in goat production there is an increased demand for the application of technological innovation once this system needs to be more competitive in the global market. Among the technological innovations applied for goat production, this review addressed the most relevant in the reproduction (from methods for estrus induction to transgenic practice), animal breeding (biogenetic), health management (innovation on diagnosis and prevention of the most prevalent diseases), nutrition (feeding systems innovations) and waste treatment (reduction of environment contamination) areas. The joint use of the technological innovations in the different segments linked to the goat production chain can contribute to improve herd’s quality as well as the generated produces.