Beetal goats are growing popular in Bangladesh for their fast growth, handsome build and high milk and meat yields. In Mymensingh Sadar, a doctor has set up a Beetal goat farm alongside his profession as a hobby. Started small four years ago, it now has about 25 Beetals of all ages.
To learn about diseases, feeding and health risks, he first bought three crossbred goats online from Natore and kept them for a year and a half, gaining experience of treatment, vaccination and care before buying pure Beetals. Bucks and does from bloodlines in India and Pakistan now breed on the farm.
Beetals can be recognised by marble-white eyes, horns curving back, a bow-shaped Roman nose, long drooping ears and a tall frame. An adult usually stands 38 inches or more. The farm's goats give up to about three litres of milk a day on average.
A local Black Bengal goat's milk runs out once her kids are fed, but Beetals leave plenty of surplus milk even after the kids are weaned. Local goats kid twice a year, while Beetals kid twice in about 18 months, usually one kid the first time and twins after that. Kids grow fast: a two-and-a-half-month-old buck already weighs 25 kg.
Alongside concentrate feed, mineral salt licks are hung in the shed for nutrition.
Source: Dinajpur TV
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