The effects of udder and teat characteristics on milk yield and hygen

In this study 30 heads of 3 years old of crossbreed of Alpine and Saanen goats in Cukurova University, Agricultural Faculty Dairy Goat Research Farm Unit, were used. During the study, body weight, lactation milk yiled, SCC, and some morphological udder traits such as, udder depth, udder lenght, udder height, angle of teats, depth of udder cistern depth, teat head lenght, teat head angle were determined. At the end of the study, it is determined that, the cistern depth has significantly effects on SCC of dairy goats (p<0,01). Additionally, Alpine goats' SCC count were higher than Saanen goats due to high milk yields. There were positive correlation were found between SCC and cistern depth of the both genotypes. At the end of this study it is concluded that crossbred of Alpine and Saanen goats are suitable to raise in intensive goat farms and the milk quality as good as EU norms, as well.