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Goat breeding has been one of the most important activities of the rural population in Dalmatian Zagora for decades. the predominant breed was, and still is, the Croatian coloured goat, bred almost exclusively for meat. Extensive farming is currently a dominant farming system with some flocks being bred under organic conditions. In this research we monitored an organic flock in the area of Dinara Mountain during one season. Blood samples were randomly collected from 80 does on two occasions: in March in their early lactation and in October in their early gravidity, and were analysed for the most common biochemical parameters (glucose, urea, bilirubin, total proteins, albumin, triglycerides, cholesterol, aspartate aminotransferase (aSt), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and two parameters of metabolic profile (non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)). Significant differences were found between all of the parameters, except BHB and AST. The obtained results from multi-coloured goats may represent a contribution to a better understanding of metabolic processes during early lactation and early gravidity in indigenous Croatian goats. key words: goats, blood biomarkers, Croatian multi-coloured goat  Introduction Goat breeding in Dalmatian Zagora was and still is one of the most important animal farming activities for the inhabitants of these rural areas of Croatia (PRPIĆ and MIOČ, 2015). The predominant breed in the Mediterranean part of Croatia (Dalmatian area) is the *Corresponding author: Prof. Miljenko Šimpraga, PhD, Department of Physiology and Radiobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Phone: +385 1 2390 170; E-mail: miljenko_simpraga@vef.hr

Blood metabolites of extensively reared Croatian multi-coloured goats during early lactation and early gravidity