A review

A brief review of some qualitative characteristics of different goat breeds in the world Breed Country Characteristics Reference Alpines France Horned. Beard in males. The ears in Brigss and Briggs the Alpine medium size, and erect. The (1980) face is straight. A roman nose Albaza Turkey The bucks have long, flat and swordOzcan and Yalcin, like horns. The does are usually polled. (1977). A.Nubians UK Facial profile between the eyes and the Brigss and Briggs muzzle being strongly convex. The (1980) ears are long, wide and pendulous. Roman nose Angora Turkey Both sexes are horned. Bucks usually Briggs(1969) have a pronounced spiral to the horn, back and away from head; the horns sometimes two or more feet in length. Horn of the female is comparatively short, much smaller, and slightly spiral and seldom exceeds nine or ten inches. The ears are heavy and drooping. Malta Turkey The profile of the head is roman. The Ozcan and Yalcin, ears are long, wide and drooping. (1977); Şengonca, Wattles present. The beard is absent. (1982); Tuncel and usually polled; if present, the horns are Yener, (1983) small Halep Tureky Usually polled. The ears are very large Ozcan and Yalcin, and drooping; average length of the ear (1977) is around 25 cm. Usually wattles are present. Angora Turkey The head is small and narrowed Yalcin (1986) towards the nose. Both sexes are horned. Horns are strong and slightly spiral in bucks; in does they are medium-sized and extend towards posterior. Appenzell Hornless Anonymous(1995) Bhuj Brazil Lop ears and a Roman nose Mason (1996) B. Shorthair C. Republic Long legged Matlova (1998) C. Island Spain Horns are sabre or twisted Mason (1996) Carpathian Poland Twisted horns Mason (1996) C. Colored Switzerland Horned or polled Mason (1996) Changthangi India large twisting horns Mason (1996) Chappar Pakistan All black or white or spotted with Khan et al. (2005) black and white, small breed Charnequeira Portugal Polled; the horned individuals have Mason (1996) wide twisted lyre horns

Breed Chgnu Curcu

Country India Turkey

Don

Russia

D. Landrace Erzgebirg F. Landrace G. Guernsey Huaipi J. Grey M.Granada

Netherlands

Sahelian

Mali

Skopelos

Greece

Thuringian Toggenburg

German Switzerland

W.Shorthaired Zhongwei

C. Republic China

Finland C. Island China China Spain

Characteristics Long twisted horns The bucks have strong and long upward horns; the length may be up to 50 cm. The does may or may not have horns. Ears are long (about 15 cm). Horns are large and variable in shape. Males back is long, straight and wider than in females. Horned breed The breed is polled. Both polled and horned Polled Both horned and polled Both sexes are horned Bearded and horned, ears are of medium size and erect Long spindly legs. Scrotum in males split into two halves. Both sexes horned, most (70%) with wattles, pendent or semi-pendulous ears. Both sexes horned They may be either polled or horned This breed is medium sized, sturdy, vigorous, and alert in appearance. Most are hornless (75-80%) Both sexes are horned with the male's horns stretching upward and twisted

Reference Mason (1996) FAO (1986)

Dmitriez and Ernst (1989) de Poel (1999) Mason (1996) Mason (1996) Mason (1996) Mason (1996) Cheng (1986) Espejo (1996) Mason (1996)

Pappas et al. (1992) Mason (1996) Anonymous (1989) Matlova (1998) Cheng (1984)