classification and characteristics of goat breeds of India based on their utility.

1. Classification of Indian
goat breeds
By
M.Kamaraj
B.Sc Agrclture
Annamalai university
TamilNadu.

2. classification
 Milch/dual purpose breeds
 Meat breeds
 Fibre breeds

3. Milch/Dual breeds
 Jamunapari
 Barbari
 Beetal
 Surti
 Jhakrana

4. Jamunapari
Jamunapuri breeds are found in the state of utter
predesh.
They are beard in both sexs have tuft long hairs in
buttocks
They have long legs goats in India
Roman nose and parrot mouth appearance

5. Barbari

6. Beetal

7. Surti
•The breed named from the place surat in gujarat
•Their body is medium in size and compact.
•Their coat is predominantly white in color.
•Ears are medium size and drooping.
•Average milk production of doe is 2kg per day.
•Average weight of the live mature buck is around
32kg.

8. Jhakrana
•It is mainly raised for diary purpose .
•Important breed of the arid zone of Rajasthan
•They are medium to large size body relatively compact
•They are similar to beetal but longer than that.
•Their coat color is black with white spots on ear and muzzle.
•Their face is straight with raised muzzle.
•Average weight of the mature live buck body is around 55kg.

9. Meat breeds
 Malabari/ tellichery
 Black Bengal
 Ganjam
 Kanniadu
 Osmanabadi
 Sangamneri
 Kutchi
 Zalawadi
 Gail wadi

10. Malabari/ tellichery

11. Black bengal

12. Ganjam
•They are native ganjam district in odisa state.
•They are medium size with long legs.
•They are predominant in brown to black in color.
•Both sex have flat ,twisted , directed upward
backward horns.
•They have small udder small tits.
•They are poor in milk production.
•Lactation period is around 140- 150 days.

13. Kanniadu

14. Osmanabadi

15. Sanagmneri
•They are native of ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.
•They are medium sized with long legs.
•They are predominantly white and also can be brown in
color.
•They have straight face and short hair.
•The ears are medium size and drooping.
•They have high feed conversion ratio

16. Kutchi
•They are also known as kathiawari goats.
•It important domestic goat from Gujarat state
•They are medium size with compact body.
•Their coat is black with white spots.
•Ears are medium size with drooping.
•Does produce 2kg of milk daily.
•Average weight of the Mature bucks IS around 49kg.

17. Zalawadi
•This breed from surendra nagar Rajkot, regions of
gujarat.
•They are medium sized body.
•Both bucks and does are have corkscrew shaped
horns.
•They have long shining hair and black white
mixed coat.
•Average weight of the mature buck is around
39kg.
•Average weight of the doe is around 33kg.

18. Gahil wadi
•This is distributed in amreli of Gujarat state.
•They are medium to large size animals.
•They have tubular drooping hairs.
•Their horns are slightly twisted.
•Average weight oft the mature buck is
around 37kg.
•Average weight of the mature doe is around
36 kg

19. Fibre breeds
 Changthangi
 Gaddi
 Chigu
 Marwari

20. Changthangi

21. Chigu

22. Gaddi
•They are distributed in himachal pradesh widely.
•They are medium size body.
•The coat color is mostly white but some animals
with black.
•Both sex have spiraled horns
•The ears are long and drooping.
•Some of them looking for shelter under the rocks to
avoid scorching heat.

23. Marwari
•They have native of marwar of Rajasthan state.
•It is tolerance of hot and cold climates.
•It also disease resistance breed.
•They are medium sized body and black in color.
•Their horns directed upward and downward pointed
tips.
•Average weight of the mature bucks around 39-42kg.
•Average weight of the mature doe is around 32kg.

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