1. Relationship between the Characteristics of Therapy Goat and Goat Keeping.
- Author
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Kohsaku Nitta, Weiping Cheng, Toshihide Harada, Fumiko Ishizaki, Yumiko Nitta, Yumiko Miki, Hideaki Numamoto, Naotaka Yoshikawa, Yoshitaka Nobukuni, Juko Ando, Makoto Ito, Kyou Ito, Sou Ito, Yuka Nitta, Syusaku Nitta, Masato Kobayashi, Tsuneshi Sugawara, Kohji Nakabeppu, Kyouko Takebayashi, and Takenori Yamanaka
- Abstract
Objective: Goat-assisted therapy is widely used and recognized for the medical benefits. Design: An experimental study. Materials and Methods: Tokara, Alpine, Saanen, Shiba and Korean therapy goats (age under 11 year-old) were used. We cooperated with 6 therapy goat farms. We intercrossed Tokara male goat with Tokara, Alpine, Saanen, Shiba and Korean goats. Results: White daughter F1 hybrid backcross with Tokara father goat (white) bore white grandson and black granddaughter BC1 hybrids just 8 months after her birth. Tokara goat kept peculiar characteristics, namely colored coat, horns, supernumerary teats, no wattles. Discussions: Some Tokara goats are supposing Saanen breed crossing and the genetic variation differed from the native Tokara goats. Conclusions: Nevertheless, just about any breed of goat can be a therapy goat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2021