1Unisa, Department of Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology, 1710 Florida, Johannesburg, South Africa
Department of Economics and I.TTaungAgricultural College, Private bag X 532, Taung, 8584, South Africa
*Corresponding author's e-mail: luvhengousapfa@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2017.
The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the behavioural response of Boer goats and Tswana goats to successive handling. Boer goats and Tswana goats were subjected to aging and tail restrain during handling. Behavioural response was recorded through the vocalisation score (VS), crush score (CS), flight speed (FS), and flight time (FT) scores twice a week for eight weeks. A total of thirty six Boer goats and Tswana goats were used in this experiment. The results indicated that the Tswana goats were the most temperament (p < 0.05) and Boer goats were the calmest. Behavioural scores significantly increased throughout the experiment.
Behavioural responses, Evaluate, Experiment, Goats, Successive handling
