Study protocol/Objectives

These are very important and should be clearly and unambiguously written.

• Compare different indigenous goat genotypes and select the one that best meets the import standards of Middle East countries.

• Identify an optimum feeding regime that meets the required target weight at a younger age for the selected genotype.

• Assess the effect of the feeding regimes and genotypes on feed conversion efficiency, growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality.

These objectives can be turned into the null hypothesis that:

Indigenous goat genotypes under the same nutritional regimes have similar growth performance and produce similar carcass characteristics and meat quality.