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Abstract This study was carried out on a flock of Baladi goat breed belonging to the farm of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University and a private Baladi goat flock, at Zagazig suburbs. from 21 2010 to 41 2012 This work included four experiments for study effect of management systems of goats on their behaviour I.-First experiment (Effect of management system on some maintenance behviour and temperament of goat) Thirty baladi goat, apparently healthy, aged 12 - 18 months were used. The animals were allocated randomly into two separate, equal groups (3 males, 12 females) according to system of management The obtained results in this experiment indicated the following: frequency and time of genital sniffing , does move on after genital sniffing , does urinate before move on after genital sniffing, does turning a head and threat toward buck after genital sniffing , flehman response, nudging and mounting revealed that there was a significant difference (P<0.05) in mean frequency and time as the indoor system was higher than outdoor system. Aggressive behaviour of goats revealed that there was a significant difference (P:::0.05) in mean frequency and time of threat, avoidance and butting in indoor system was increased than in comparison with outdoor system, but there was no significant difference in the frequency of flight. |