List of goat breeds explained

Goats - farm animals of domestic goat (Capra hircus) species, small ruminants - are widespread throughout the world and are used in almost any natural and climatic conditions, even those where other productive animals cannot live. Different breeds of goats are adapted to different livestock systems - from small herds of 3-5 heads on meager grazing to large intensive livestock farms, from year-round grazing to fully stable housing, with many intermediate variations between them. Goats are a source of several types of products, of which the main ones are milk, meat and wool. Among the goat breeds there are highly productive specialized, dual-triple-use and universal breeds. External differences between breeds are represented by many major and minor traits that vary in a very wide range. Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber, meat, dairy products or goatskin. Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several breeds which are considered dual- or multi-purpose.

List

Name	Image	Other names	Origin	Purpose	References
Abaza		Abkhasian, Abkhazskaya	Turkey	milk, meat
Abergelle
Afar		Abyssinian short-eared, Adal, Danakil
Agew			Ethiopia
Agrupación de las Mesetas			Spain
Albatinah		Aamil	Oman
Algarvia			Portugal
Aljabal Alakhdar			Oman
Alpine		Alpine polychrome, American Alpine, French Alpine	French Alps	milk
Altai Mountain			Altai Republic	fiber
		Adi Keçi	Turkey	fiber, milk
Andaman local
Anglo-Nubian		Nubian	Great Britain	meat, milk
Angora			Central Anatolia Region	fiber
Appenzell		Chèvre d’Appenzell, Appenzellerziege	Switzerland	milk
Aradi		Aardi, A'ardiyah
Arapawa		Arapawa Island Goat	Arapaoa Island	meat, milk
Argentata dell'Etna			Sicily	milk
Arsi-Bale			Ethiopia
Asmari		Gujeri	Afghanistan	pack, meat, milk, fiber
Aspromonte
Assam Hill			India		^[1]
Aswad			Saudi Arabia		^[2]
Attappady black			India		^[3]
Attaouia			Morocco
Auckland Island			Auckland Island	meat	^[4]
Australian brown			Australia		^[5]
Australian Cashmere			Australia	fiber
Australian Heritage Angora			Australia		^[6]
Australian Melaan			Australia		^[7]
Australian Miniature			Australia	Pet, milk	^[8]
Azpi Gorri
Azul			NE Brazil
Bagot			England
Banatian White			Banat
Barbari			India, Pakistan	meat
Beetal			Punjab region	meat, milk
Belgian Fawn			Belgium	milk
Benadir			Southern Somalia	meat, milk
Bhuj			Northeastern Brazil	meat, milk
Bilberry			Waterford
Bionda dell'Adamello			Lombardy	milk
Black Bengal			India, Bangladesh	meat, goatskin
Boer		Africander, Afrikaner	South Africa	meat
British Alpine			England	milk
Brown Shorthair			Czech Republic	milk
Canary Island		Agrupación caprina canaria	Canary Islands	milk
Canindé			Northeastern Brazil	meat
Carpathian			Southeast Europe	meat, milk
Chyangra			Nepal (High mountains) Himalayas	Wool, meat
Chamba			Himalaya
Chamois Coloured		Chamoisée	Switzerland	meat, milk
Changthangi		Bamar, Pashmina	Tibet, Southwest China, Myanmar	fiber, meat, milk
Chappar			Sindh	meat
Charnequeira			Portugal	meat, milk
Chengde Polled			Northern Hebei	fiber, meat
Chengdu Brown			Sichuan	meat, milk
Chigu			India	fiber, meat
Chué			Northeastern Brazil	meat
Corsican			Corsica	milk
Dera Din Panah			Pakistan	milk
Damani			Pakistan	milk
Damascus		Aleppo, Baladi, Chami, Damascene, Halep, Shami	Syria	milk
Danish Landrace			Denmark	milk
Don			Don River	milk, goatskin, fiber
Drežnica			Slovenia	milk, meat	^[9]
Duan			Guangxi	meat
Dutch Landrace			Netherlands	milk
Dutch Toggenburg			Netherlands	milk
Erzgebirge			Saxony	milk
Fainting		Myotonic	United States	meat
Flemish			Belgium	milk, meat	Vlaamse geit | Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed (sle.be)
Frisa Valtellinese			Italy	meat
Finnish Landrace			Finland	milk
Garganica		Agrigentina	Gargano	milk, goatskin
Girgentana			Northern Afghanistan, Balochistan, and Kashmir	milk
Göingeget			Sweden
Golden Guernsey			Guernsey	milk
Grisons Striped			Switzerland	milk
Guddi			Himalayas		^[10]
Hailun			Heilongjiang	milk
Haimen			Zhejiang	meat
Hasi			Northeastern Albania	meat, milk
Hejazi			Arabian Peninsula	meat
Hexi Cashmere			Northern Gansu	fiber
Hongtong			Hongdong County	milk
Huaipi			Henan	meat
Huaitoutala			Qinghai	Animal fiber
Hungarian Improved			Hungary	milk
Icelandic		Settlement	Iceland	fiber, meat
Irish			Ireland	meat, milk
Jamnapari			India	milk
Jining Grey			Shandong	fiber, goatskin
Jonica			Province of Taranto	milk
Kaachan			Pakistan	Milk+meat
Kaghani			Hazara	meat
Kalahari Red			South Africa	meat
Kalbian			Australia	meat
Kamori			Sindh	milk
Kempic		Kempense	Belgium	milk	Kempense geit | Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed (sle.be)|-| Kinder| | | United States| meat, milk| |-| Kiko| | | New Zealand| meat| |-| Korean Black| | | Korea| meat| |-| Kri-kri| | Cretan, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex| Eastern Mediterranean| meat| |-| American Lamancha| | Lamancha| United States| meat, milk| |-| Laoshan| | | Shandong| milk| |-| Majorera| | Fuerteventura| Canary Islands| milk| |-|Malabari||Tellicherry goat|Malabar region|Meat, milk|^[11] |-| Maltese| | | Malta| milk| |-| Massif Central| | | France| milk, Meat| |-|Markhoz| |Maraz|Kurdistan|Mohair, milk||-| Messinese| | Nebrodi| Province of Messina| milk|^[12] |-| Mini Oberhasli| | Oberian, Miniature Oberhasli| Pacific Northwest US| milk| |-| Mountain|| Moxotó| Northeastern Brazil| meat| |-| Murcia-Granada|| Murciano Granadina| Southeastern Spain| milk| |-| Murciana| | Murcian, Murcien, Murciene, Royal Murciana| Murcia| meat, milk| |-| Nachi| | | Punjab region| meat| |-| Nigerian Dwarf| | | West Africa| milk| |-| Nigora| | | United States| fiber, milk|^[13] |-| Nera Verzasca| | | Switzerland| meat, milk||-| Norwegian| | | Norway| meat, milk| |-| Oberhasli| | Swiss Alpine| Oberhasli| milk| |-| Orobica| | | Bergamo Alps| milk| |-| Peacock| | | Switzerland| milk| |-| Pinzgauer| 100px| | Austria| meat||-| Philippine| | | Philippines| meat| |-| Poitou| | | Western France| milk| |-| Pridonskaya| | | Russia| milk, Meat, Wool| ^[14] |-| Pygmy| | African pygmy, American pygmy| Cameroon| meat, milk, Pet| |-| Pygora| | | Oregon City| fiber| |-| Pyrenean| | | France and Spain| meat, milk| |-| Qinshan| | | Jining| goatskin| |-| Red Boer| | | South Africa| meat, Pet| |-| Red Mediterranean| | | Syria| milk|^[15] |-|Sokoto Red ||Maradi Red, Red Sokoto|Nigeria and Niger Republic|Meat, Skin, milk|^[16] ^[17] |-| Repartida| | | Northeastern Brazil| meat| |-| Rove| | | France| meat| |-| Russian White| | | Russia| milk| |-| Saanen| | | Saanen| milk| |-| Sable Saanen| | | United States| milk| |-|Sahelian||Sahel|Sahel Belt of West Africa|Meat|^[18] |-| Valdostana| | | Italy| meat, milk||-| Sahelian| | | West Africa| Goatskin, meat, milk| |-| San Clemente Island| | | San Clemente Island| | |-| Sarda| | | Sardinia| milk| |-|Short-eared Somali||Abgal||||-|-| Sirohi || || Ajmeri, Devgarhi,Parvatsari ||SirohiAjmer, Nagaur, Tonk, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Chitorgarh, Udaipur, Rajasamand, Bhilwara, Jaipur and other districts of Rajasthan (India) ||Meat and milk || |-| Swedish Landrace| | | Northern Sweden| milk| |-| Somali| | | Somalia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya| milk, meat, goatskin |||-| Spanish| | Brush, scrub| Spain| meat| |-| Stiefelgeiss| | | St. Gallen| meat| |-| Surati| | | Maharashtra| | |-|Syrian Jabali||Syrian Mountain||||-| Tauernscheck| | | Austria| milk| |-| Thuringian| | | Thuringia| milk| |-| Toggenburg| | | Toggenburg| milk| |-| Uzbek Black| | | Uzbekistan| fiber| |-| Valais Blackneck| | | Southern Switzerland| meat, milk| |-|Vatani||Afghan native black||||-| Verata| || Vera| meat, milk|| |-| West African Dwarf| | African dwarf| West and Central Africa| | |-| White Shorthaired| | | Czech Republic| milk| |-| Xinjiang| | | Xinjiang| fiber, meat, milk| ^[19] ^[20] |-| Xuhai| | | Jiangsu| meat| |-| Yemen Mountain| | | Yemen| | |-| Zalawadi| | Tara bakari| Gujarat| fiber, meat, milk| |-|Zhiwulin Black| | | Shaanxi| fiber, meat| ^[21] |-| Zhongwei| | Chung-wei, Chaungway, Chzhun'veiskaya| China| fiber, Pelt| |} Bibliography Book: Ekarius, Carol . Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs . 2008 . . 978-1-60342-036-5 . Web site: Goat Breeds . Breeds of Livestock . Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science . Introduction to Common Goat Breeds Mother Earth News Raising Goats for Dummies (Wiley, 2010) ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Breeds of Goat. 2005. October 10, 2015. Assam Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204133229/http://assamagribusiness.nic.in/breedgoat.htm. 4 December 2017.
2. Book: Porter, Valerie. Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. 2002.
3. Web site: Attappady Black Goats . Vechur Conservation Trust .
4. Web site: Auckland Island Goats: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin. New Zealand Rare Breeds. December 23, 2012.
5. Web site: The Australian Brown . Dairy Goat Society of Australia .
6. Web site: Australian Heritage Angora Goats – PAIRS . Erinac .
7. Web site: The Australian Melaan . Dairy Goat Society of Australia .
8. Web site: MGBAA. Miniature Goat Breeders Association of Australia.
9. Web site: Drežniška koza / Slovenia (Goat). 2021-11-10. fao-dadis-breed-detail.web.app.
10. Book: Dr. Vijaya Salunke. Secretary Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Pune. 2007. Animal Resources. India: Human Environment. Geography Standard (Grade) IX. 31.
11. Verma. N. Dixit. S P. Dangi. P.s. Aggarwal. Rajeev. Kumar. Santhu. Joshi. B.K.. 2009-08-01. Malabari goats: Characterization, management, performance and genetic variability. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 79. 813–818.
12. Web site: Messinese. Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. December 23, 2012. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219065908/http://www.assonapa.com/norme_ecc/CAPRINI-RA_Standard_WEB/Messinese.htm. February 19, 2012. dead.
13. Web site: American Nigora Goat Breeders Association. American Nigora Goat Breeders Association. December 23, 2012.
14. Web site: Pridonskaya goats. GeoMedia.Top. 2 July 2017.
15. Web site: Rossa Mediterranea o Derivata di Siria. Agraria.org. December 23, 2012. es.
16. Habibu. B.. Kawu. M.U.. Makun. H.J.. Aluwong. T.. Yaqub. L.S.. December 2016. Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids. Small Ruminant Research. 145. 20–27. 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. 0921-4488.
17. Book: Gall, C.. Goat Breeds of the World.. Margraf Publishing, Weikersheim,Germa. 1996.
18. Habibu. B.. Kawu. M.U.. Makun. H.J.. Aluwong. T.. Yaqub. L.S.. December 2016. Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids. Small Ruminant Research. 145. 20–27. 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. 0921-4488.
19. http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=eaeafb3b2da928107703a799667fd1ee,reportsreport8a_50006590 Breed data sheet: Xinjiang/China
20. Porter, Valerie (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties 5th edition. Wallingford: CABI . p. 160.
21. http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=eaeafb3b2da928107703a799667fd1ee,reportsreport8a_50006599 Breed data sheet: Ziwuling Black/China