India is predominantly an agricultural country and about 70 per cent of its population depends upon agriculture. This necessities the importance of subsidiary occupation like Goat rearing so as to increase the income and employment of the rural poor thereby improving their standard of living. The Goat population in Rajasthan state was 20.84 million while in the study area (Pratapgarh District) the population was 2.59 lakh. Majority of the households in rural areas are below poverty line and most of them belong to landless agricultural labors, marginal, small farmers and rural crafts person. The most common symptoms of heat detection was mounting (26.66%) and bleating (25.83%). The majority of goat keepers (50.83%) confirm their goat pregnancy by enlargement of abdomen followed by non return of goat in heat (28.33%) and remaining goat keepers confirm through diagnosis (20.83%) while, maximum goat keepers (63.33%) in the study area practiced to house their pregnant does with their other goats i.e. group housing and 36.66 per cent goat keepers were aware to house pregnant does in a separate house. Present study provides basic knowledge about the breeding practices used by goat keepers.

Goat, Socio-economic, Rural people, Breeding, Husbandry, Ruminants, Farmers, Pratapgarh

The study was undertaken to find goat breeding practices, production system and traits preferences under smallholder goat keepers in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan. The selection practices for both breeding buck and doe in the society based on traditional selection criteria is also promising for genetic improvement of the goat stock. Thus, in designing breeding program, full participation of the society. The important factors that must be taken seriously in order to create a goat improvement programme that is sound and sustainable include the current environment, production system, breeding practices, producers' trait preferences, adaptation traits, and the multipurpose roles of the goat under consideration.

Sandeep Singh, Amit Kumar, Simran Kaur and Heenashree Mansion (2023). Study the Breeding Practices using by Goat Keepers in the Pratapgarh District of Rajasthan. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(8): 443-446.