Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Sustainable Goat Production in the Changing Climate, Veerasamy Sejian,M.V. Silpa and D. Thirunavukkarasu, Editör, Elsevier Science, Oxford/Amsterdam , Amsterdam, ss.147-158, 2025
Goat farming has socioeconomic importance because it contributes to family income and meets the animal protein needs of landless rural people living in marginal areas of the world. Although changing environmental conditions primarily affect climatic factors and atmospheric events, they adversely affect plant and animal production, especially in these marginal areas. High ambient temperatures threaten the goat's capacity to maintain energy, thermal, water, hormonal, and mineral balance. Water shortage is one of the most significant elements influencing natural resource production. One of the most essential nutrients for maintaining life, water also participates in several physiological processes that are important for farm animals’ productivity. Dry matter intake, ambient temperature, and water loss from body tissues all affect water consumption. Contrary to the feed ingredients, water is rarely given much thought to preserve ruminant animals’ peak performance, especially those fed in hot areas. Small ruminants may experience moderate to severe water limitation during heat stress, and their water requirements in arid locations are considerable owing to high temperatures and solar radiation load. Two components of adaptation are worth discussing: metabolism and nutrition. One is about fat. The fat reserves in the tissues and plasma of the goat are smaller, and they include more unsaturated fat. The second aspect is water metabolism and the rate of water turnover. Goats are well-known for tolerating water scarcity, water limitation, and energy restriction. However, fundamental issues concerning goats’ resistance to water conservation remain unanswered as changing climatic circumstances exacerbate future drought severity in marginal regions. As a result, the concept of climate change and its effects on goat water metabolism will be determined in this chapter.