INDO LIVESTOCK JAKARTA 8-10 JULY 2010

I would like to inform followers of this blog that Y.N Antoniades & Sons Ltd shall be participating in the Indo Livestock that will be held between 8 to 10 July 2010 at Jakarta Convention Centre Indonesia. Indonesians farmers and overseas visitors shall be able to get first hand information on Cyprus Shami Goats at the exhibition.
Asreda Corporation Sdn. Bhd's Mr Mohd Shariff Salleh shall be there to assist Mr Neoclis Antoniades during the xhibition.
Hope to see you all there too!

Website For Y.N Antoniades & Sons Ltd

I am glad to announce that Y.N Antoniades & Sons Ltd has developed a website to serve as medium to provide information on Cyprus Shami Goats and also contact details for those interested to reach them.
Provided in the website are brochure that can be downloaded ,video on Cyprus Shami Goats,information on Y.N Antoniades farm practices,recipes on goat meat, articles on the advantages of goats milk as well links to related parties.
Information on Asreda Corporation Sdn. Bhd as their sole representative for Malaysia Thailand and Indonesia is also available.
Please vist www.cyprusshamigoats.com to view the website.

Report on the performance of Cyprus Shami Goats Imported To Malaysia Since November 1 2009

Cyprus Shami Goats have been living in Malaysian farms for the last six month since November 1 2009.We have experienced to no casualty on arrival to the quarrantine period at a farm in Kota Negeri Sembilan. Mortality after six month is less than 8 % due to various reasons.Currently no further casualty has been reported by the farms.



At a farm in Chembong 100 does gave birth to 180 kids during the month of march to april 2010.Birth weight ranges from 3.5 to 4 kg each. Some are triplet and most are single or twin.One doe gave birth to six kids and five of them survived.



A research farm indicated that the fastest growth among the kids is 9 kg in a month for a kid that was born at 4 kg. weight. (that is 300 gms/day). Mostly the kids grow at a rate between 200-300 gms per day



For milk production a farm reported a milking rate of 2.5- 3 kg per goat per day for does after second pregnancy. Milk production target is an average of about 4 kg. per day per goat after a experiencing few pregnancies.



Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development (MARDI) is planning to do confirmation research and field trial on Cyprus Shami Goat within this year.



Cyprus Shami Goats with its special charateristics as DUAL PURPOSE GOAT is finally going to be recognised as a valuable breed that will contribute greatly towards the development of the Malaysian Meat and dairy goat industry. Farmers using this breed shall experienced better viability and sustainability in their goat farming business simply because they have the milk production that will give them constant cashflow (revenue from goat milk is six time higher than meat in Malaysia).