Characteristics and Types of Goats

Native or Local Goats (Capra Hircus Aegagrus) is a sub species of wild goats scattered in Southwest Asia and Europe. Goat is a medium-sized ruminant animal species. Male and female wild goat have a pair of horns, but only male has bigger horns. Generally, goats have beards, convex forehead, tail slightly upward, and the most hairy straight and coarse. Length of the wild goat’s body, not including the tail, is 1.3 meters - 1.4 meters, while the tail 12 inches - 15 inches. Female weight 50 kilograms - 55 pounds, while males can reach 120 pounds. Wild goats spread from Spain eastward to India, and from India to the north to Mongolia and Siberia. Preferred habitat is an area of ​​rocky mountains. Goats have been cultivated since 8000 to 9000 years ago.
In the wild, goats live in groups of 5 to 20. In their journey looking for food, goat group is led by the oldest female goat. Male Goat serves as a security guard for the group. They actively seek for food the whole day. Its main food is grass and foliage. Goat is different with sheep.

Goats Classification:

Phylum	Chordota (Spine Center)
Class	Mammals (Primates)
Ordos	Artiodactyla (Even hoofed animals)
Family	Bovidae (ruminant animals)
Sub Family	Caprinae
Genus	Capra
Species	Capra Aegagrus
Sub Species	Capra Hircus Aegagrus

Breeding.

Goat breed with childbirth. Goat can give birth to two to three cubs, after pregnant for 150 to 154 days. Adult is achieved at the age of 8 months until 1 year. Within a year, the goat can give birth three times in 2 years.

Goat’s Types:

Peanut Goat. It is the first local goat seen in local areas. It is easily spotted as it has small body. Both female and Male have Gumba. Guma in male is about 60 centimeters to 65 centimeters while females only at 56 centimeters. Male can easily reach 25 pounds in weight, while the female only at 20 pounds. They have steady ears also soft and short furs. Both females and males have two short horns.

This species is the largest and is also called the local goats. It can be easily and quickly breed as it enter productive age in the age of 15-18 months. It is suitable to breed them as the female tend to have more than one baby at single time. Peanut Goat is easy to breed as they were able to get food on their own. In the event of birth, the female is able to do it by itself without any further help from their owner.

Main characteristics:

1. Has Fur short and one color (brown, black, white) or a combination of the three colors.
2. Both of Males and Females have horns, short ears and hang.
3. The weight of the average adult male is 25 kg, height at 60-65 cm while females at 20 kg, height at 56 ​​cm.
4. Has big opportunity (about 52%) to have more babies, triplets 2.6% and 44.9% single.
5. Adult male ready for breeding at 135-173 days while females at 153-454 days. It start breeding at the age of 12-13 months.
6. Carcass Percentage at 44-51%
7. Female start breeding at 12-13 months with average weight of baby at 3.28 kg and ready to feed on it own at 10.12 kg.

Ettawa Goat.

The name of Ettawa Goat is often called as Jamnapari goat because it originally from Jamnapari, a region in India. Precisely Jumna Pari Goat or Jamnapari take the name of the river Jamna (Jamna par) in Uttar Pradesh, India which is a lot of goats there. Jamnapari goats are also widely available in Agra, Mathura and Etawa area in Uttar Pradesh, Bhind and Morena in Madhya Pradeshi area. Etawa known in Southeast Asia as a dual-purpose type ie goat dairy and meat producers. Jamnapari was first imported to Indonesia since 1953 from Etawa region, India. But believed by Balitnak goats entered in Indonesia around 1931 at the Dutch colonial period. In Indonesia Etawa goats crossed to improve the quality of local goat, called the result of cross goats (Cross birth Etawa).

They have unique characteristics. The posture is large with pendulous ears, face shape convex, curved nose and very bushy fur in thigh. Both male and female have pair of horns, long ears drooping to 30 cm. Long legs and a long hairy legs on the back line. Fur color is combination of black and white with striped red and white chocolate.

Good milk production as much as 3 liters / head / day or milk production reached 235 kg / ms lactation. this is supported by a large udder and length. Adult male height reaches 90-127 cm, while adult females 76-92 cm. Adult male body weight 68-91 kg and 36-63 kg adult female. In local areas Ettawa Goat has been breeding with Saanen goats to produce milk-producing crosses to produce 1.5 to 3 liters of milk a day.

Alpin Goat.

Derived from the Swiss Alps, this type of goat existence spread throughout mainland Europe. The characteristics of Alpine goats and medium-sized ears pointing upward with the dominant white coat color, black, brown. The signs are having fur color varies from white to black. Color face no white lines on the nose. There are horns and some are not horned. Same height as the large and Saanen goats. Including dairy goats that much. Males weigh up to 90 kg while females 65 kg. Milk production of 600 kg / ms lactation.

Saanen Goats.

Saanen Valley of Switzerland came from the west. Is a type of goat largest in Switzerland. Difficult to grow in the tropics because of its sensitivity to the sun. The characteristics of the ear erect and pointing forward, dominant white fur and black spots. Sometimes it was found on the nose, ears or udder. Has no horn and include dual-purpose type. Milk production 740 kg / ms lactation.

Toggenburg Goats.

Derived from Toggenburg Valley (northeast region Switzerland). The characteristics of forward-facing upright ears, nose slightly convex, dark red hair color / brown with white spots. males weigh at 80 kg while female at 60 kg. The most prominent is the fineness of the fur. Milk production of 600 kg / ms lactation.

Goat AGLO Nugian.

Comes from the Nubian region (Northeast Africa). Distinctive hanging ears and a large udder, hair color black, red, brown, white or a combination of those colors. males weigh 90 kg, females 70 kg. Milk production at 700 kg / ms lactation.

Beetal Goat .

Derived from Indian Punjab, Rawalpindi and Lahore (Pakistan). Thought to be the result of a cross between a goat Etawa with local goats because their physical traits closely resembles Etawa. Milk production at 190 kg / ms lactation.

Gembrong Goat.

This type of goats in the village hana Bugbug, kidnapped and Bunutan East Coast of Bali. Estimated to come from the descendants of Angora goats, or of the white fluffy cashmere goats. It is at 58-65 cm in height. Adult weight at 32-45 kg, fur can reach 25 cm. Goat fur taken a long, white, smooth as silk. Shearing is done once every 1.5 years. Semi-intensive care is required to breed it.

Boer Goats.

Boer goats from South Africa and has become a qualified cattle for more than 65 years. The word "Boer" means farmer. Boer goats are the only true meat goat, that is in the world because of its rapid growth. The goats can reach marketable weight of 35-45 kg at the age of 5-6 months, with an average body weight gain between 0.02 to 0.04 kg per day. This will vary depending on the amount of milk from the mother and the daily feed ration. Compared to the local dairy goats, percentage Boer goat meat on the carcass is much higher and reaches 40% - 50% of his body weight. Boer goats can be recognized easily from a wide body, long, deep, fluffy white, short legged, roman nose, pendulous ears, head reddish brown color or light brown to dark brown. Some Boer goat has a white stripe down his face. Female skin was brown, which prevents skin cancer from direct sun. The goats love to bask in the daytime.