Breeds of Sheep & Goat
Sheep breeds
Indian sheep breeds
Mecheri- Distributed in districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is a meat purpose breed.
- Adult male average body weight 36kg.
- Adult female average body weight 22kg.
- Distributed in Chennai, districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is meat purpose breed.
- Majority are purple in color.
- Certain animals have colored stripes on their forehead.
- Adult male average body weight 36kg.
- Adult females average body weight 24 kg.
- This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai, and Virudhunagar districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is meat purpose breed.
- It has medium sized body.
- Majority of them are white in color.
- Certain goats hold black colored stripes all over their body.
- Adult males have their bent horns, whereas females with absence of horns.
- Legs are smaller and slender.
- Adult male average body weight 31kg.
- Adult female average body weight 23kg.
- This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai and Thirunelveli districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is meat purpose breed.
- It is found in black red skin color.
- Black colored bands are found on the skin in the regions of head, stomach and legs.
- Tail is smaller and slender.
- Adult male goats are found with stronger coiled horns.
- Majority of the goats are found with wattle, under the jaw/throat.
- Adult male average body weight 29kg.
- Adult female average body weight 22kg.
- It is distributed in Vembur, melakarandhai, keezha karandhai, nagalapuram regions, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is meat purpose breed.
- These are taller breeds with white color skin with red color spots over their body and ears are drooped out.
- Adult males are found with horns and absence of horns in case of females.
- Adult males average body weight 35kgs.
- Adult females average body weight 28kgs.
- These are distributed in Neelagiri district of Tamilnadu.
- It is wool purpose breed.
- Majority are found in white colors.
- Certain goats are found with purple spots on their body and face.
- Adult male average body weight 31kg.
- Adult female average body weight 31kg.
- These are distributed in Trichy, Perambalur, Dharmapuri and Salem districts of Tamilnadu.
- It is wool purpose breed.
- These are smaller breeds.
- Black coloured all over the body.
- Adult male average body weight 26kg.
- Adult female average body weight 19kg.
- It is distributed in Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu.
- It is wool purpose breed.
- Medium weighed animal.
- Found in white colors, with black or purple colored bands, seen over the regions of head and neck.
- Adult male average body weight 25kg.
- Adult female average body weight 20kg.
- Deccani breed is an admixture of the woolly types of Rajasthan and the hairy types of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
- It is found in Bombay-Deccan region and parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States.
- The sheep is small and hardy, and well adapted to poor pastoral conditions.
- It possesses a coloured fleece, black and gray colours being more dominant.
- The average annual yield of wool being 4.54 kg per sheep.
- The wool is of a low grade and is a mixture of hair and fine fibres, mostly consumed for the manufacture of rough blankets (Kambals).
- The flocks are maintained chiefly for mutton.
- It is distributed in Nellore, Prakasam and Ongole districts of Andhra Pradesh.
- They are tall animals with little hair except at brisket, withers and breech.
- Rams are homed ewes are polled.
- Males have average body weight of 36 kg and female have 28 kg.
- Nellore is the tallest breed of sheep in India, resembling goats in appearance.
- The majority of the flocks are of fawn or deep red fawn colour.
- It is distributed in Mandya district of Karnataka.
- Relatively small animals colour white - sometimes face is light brown which may extend up to neck.
- Adult male weighs 35 kg and female weighs 23 kg.
- Best mutton type conformation among the Indian breeds.
- Sheep are hardy, yielding coarser carpet variety white wool of a mixed hairy composition.
- The sheep are found all over Jodhpur and parts of Jaipur districts.
- Flocks are raised in Pali and Barmer districts.
- The animals migrate to distant places in Uttar Pradesh, remote districts of Madhya Pradesh and sometimes to the northern parts of Maharashtra.
- The yield of wool per year is 0.90-1.81 kg per animal.
- Sheep are small in size, and are found in Kishtwar and Bhadarwah tehsils of Jammu.
- A large number inhabit the Kulu valleys in HP winter, and in summer they graze the highest elevations of them Pir Panjal Mountains, mostly in the Paddar range.
- Rams are horned, ewes hornless; fleece is generally white with brown coloured hair on the face.
- Wool is fine and lustrous; average annual yield is 1.13 kg per sheep, clipped thrice a year.
- Undercoat is used for the manufacture of high quality Kulu shawls and blankets.
Exotic sheep breeds
- Dorset
- Suffolk
- Merino
- Rambouillet
- Cheviot
- Southdown
Goat breeds
Indian goat breeds
Jamunapari
- Jamunapari breeds are found mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
- Its coat colour is white with tan or black markings at neck and ears;
- This is largest and most elegant of the long-legged goats of India.
- It has pronounced Roman nose having a tuft of hair which results in parrot mouth appearance.
- Large sized goats, tall and leggy, with convex face line large folded pendulous ears.
- They are generally found in white colors.
- An adult female weighs between 45kgs to 60kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 65kgs to 80kgs.
- Average birth weight up to 4 kg.
- Average age at first kidding is 20-25 months.
- They have large udder and big teats and average yield is 280 kg / 274 days.
- They having the ability to yield 2 to 2.5kgs of milk per day.
- The fat content of the milk ranges between 3 to 3.5%.
- Better milk yielding breeds are not found in Tamilnadu climatic conditions.
- They thrive best under range conditions with plenty of shrubs for browsing.
- Beetal breeds are found mainly in the states of Punjab.
- These breeds are grown mainly for the purpose of milk and meat.
- Generally smaller than the breeds of Jamunapari.
- An adult female goat ranges between 40kgs to 50kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 50kgs to 70kgs.
- Age at first kidding 20-22 months.
- Average lactation yield 150 kg.
- They having the ability to give, 1kg to 2kgs of milk per day.
- Maximum yield being 591.5 kg in lactation period of 177 days.
- Coat Colour is predominantly black; red, tan or black, heavily spotted on white also occur;
- Average birth weight 3 kg.
- Popular in urban areas popular in urban areas of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gurgaon, Karnal, panipat and Rohtak in Haryana state.
- These types of breeds are found mostly in the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
- Barbari breeds are grown mainly for milk and meat purpose.
- The color of this breed is a mixture of white and purple.
- An adult female goat weighs between 25kgs to 35kgs, whereas an adult male goat ranges between 35kgs to 45kgs.
- They having the ability to give 1kg to 1.5kgs of milk per day.
- These types of breeds have better reproductive capabilities.
- They will give, 2 to 3 kids in parturition.
- They are usually stall-fed and are reported to yield 0.90-1.25 kg of milk.(fat content 5%) a day in a lactation period of 108 days..
- They are prolific breeder and kid twice in 12-15 months.
- This type of breeds usually kids twice, at an interval of 12 to 15 months.
Tellicherry
- Tellicherry breeds are also called as malabari breeds.
- These types of breeds are found mostly in the state of Kerala.
- They grown mostly for the purpose of meat.
- An adult female ranges in weight from 30 to 40kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 40 to 50kgs.
- They can yield 1kg to 2kgs of milk per day.
- These types of breeds have better reproductive capabilities.
- They can give, 2 to 3 kids in a parturition.
- This breed grown in Tamilnadu, having the ability to yield one or two kids.
- Coat colour is brown, white, and admixture of colours in typical patches; hair coarse and short.
- Average body weight of buck 50 and doe 23 kg.
- Average birth weight 2.0 kg.
- Kidding is once a year, twins are common.
- Average age at first kidding 19 months.
- Average lactation yield 71 kg.
- Average lactation length 175 days.
- Coat colour is predominantly black; white, brown and spotted occur.
- Average birth weight 2.4 kg.
- Kidding is once a year.
- Average age at first kidding 19-20 months.
- It has good quality meat.
- Good yielders produce up to 3.5 kg a day.
- Average milk yield 170-180 kg per lactation.
- It is native of north Kerala.
- Coat colour varies from white to complete black; black and white, black and brown, and white with coloured patches occur;
- Average, buck live weight 39kg and doe 31 kg;
- Average birth weight 1.6 kg.
- Kidding is once a year, twins and triplets;
- Average litter size 2.1; average age at first kidding 19- 21 months.
- Average quality meat.
- Average yield is 0.9-2.8 kg of milk a day.
- Average milk yield 65 kg/lactation.
- Average lactation length 172 days.
- It has good quality skin.
- These are the tallest goat breeds found in the Thirunelveli and Ramanadhapuram districts of Tamil Nadu.
- Black or white spots in the black background are the characteristics colors of this breed.
- They are usually grown for meat purpose.
- The adult females of this breed ranges from 25kgs to 30kgs and the adult males’ ranges from 35kgs to 40kgs body weight.
- They grow well in the drought regions. Hence, this breed well suits for our country.
- These breeds are taller and found with different colors.
- They usually gave birth to one or 2 kids.
- They are usually grown for the purpose of guiding the goat flocks, which goes for grazing.
- These types of breeds are mostly found in the districts of sivagangai, ramanadhapuram, and tuticorin districts of Tamil Nadu.
- This black coloured breed, well suits for Tamil Nadu.
- Coat colour is predominantly black, brown/grey and white with soft, glossy and short hairs.
- Dwarf in body size
- Average live weight of buck 15 kg and doe 12 kg.
- Most prolific among Indian breeds.
- Multiple births common, two, 3 or 4 kids born at a time.
- Kidding twice a year. Average litter size 2.1.
- Average age at first kidding 9-10 months.
- Average lactation yield 53 kg. Lactation length 90 to 120 days.
- Its skin is great demand for high class shoe-making.
- Coat colour is predominantly white but greyish red and mixed colours seen.
- Average buck live weight 39 kg and doe 26 kg.
- Average birth weight 2.0 kg.
- Kidding is once a year and mostly single.
- Average lactation yield 69 kg and lactation length 187 days.
- Used for draught to carry salt and small loads.
- Long hair below which under coat of delicate fibre (cashmere or pashm).
- Used for draught (pack) to carry salt and small loads.
- Predominantly white and rest brown, grey and black. Undercoat white/grey; yields warm delicate fibre, pashmina (cashmere, pashm).
- Body and legs are small size, strong body and powerful legs.
- Average live weight of buck 20 and doe 20 kg; average birth weight 2.1 kg.
- Kidding is once a year, normally single;
- Average age at first kidding 20 months.
Exotic goat breeds
- Saanen
- Alpine
- Anglo-Nubian
- Toggenberg
- Angora
- Boer
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