Tellicherry goat is an
excellent breed for meat, milk and skin. These goats are mainly found in the
state of Kerala and surrounding Tamil Nadu state. Pure breeds are found
in the districts of Thalacherry, Kasargod, Kannur and Kozikkot in Kerala. Tellicherry
goats are also known or called as Malabari, Talacherry, Telacherri,
Thalacherri, Thalassery, Tellicherri, Talacheri, Thalachery and Thalacheri. Read more about this goat breed here.
Black Bengal goat breed is a
small-sized, meat type, early maturing, non-seasonal and prolific breed , in
eastern and north eastern regions of India), Bangladesh and also in Pakistan.
The Black Bengal goat breed is famous for its quality of meat and leather with
high fecundity. Black Bengal goat is also mainly raised in neighboring
Bangladesh. This goat breed is usually found in black color. However, you may
also find with brown, gray or white colors. Read more here.
Barbari goat breeds are found
in in the districts of Rajasthan, Agra and Aligarh districts of Uttar Pradesh,
and Bharatpur.Barbari goats are small
animals with compact body. There is wide variation in coat color, but white
with small light brown patches is the most common. Ears are short, tubular, and
almost double with the slit opening in front, erect, directed upward and
outward. Both male Barbari and Female Barbari goats have twisted horns, medium
in length and directed upward and backward. This breed horn length is about
12cm. Male Barbari goats have a large thick beard. Read more here.
When it comes to Boer breed,
this goat breed was developed in South Africa in the early 1900s for meat
production. The name "Boer" is derived from the Dutch word
(Afrikaans) which means "farmer". Generally, Boer goats are famous
for their meat production and the commercial breeding of Boer goat is very much
successful and the breeding season usually starts in august and runs through
the month of December. Selecting a quality buck is
more important for commercial meat production. Medium-sized does are normally
preferred, as they produce the same number of kids, but require less feed to do
so. Boer goat breeds are found in various parts of south India; Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Read more here.
Jamunapari is one of the beautiful goats originated from
Indian subcontinent. These goat breeds also have been imported to Indonesia
where this breed became very popular and had commercial success. Basically, the
name of “Jamunapari” goat was derived from the river “Jamuna” in the state of
Uttar Pradesh (UP). These goats are also found in Bangladesh. This goat breed is
reared for both milk and meat. However, it is more popular as dairy goat. This
breed is one of the ancestors of the American Nubian goat breed. When it comes
to Jamunapari behavior, during the winter, these goats spend more than 80% of
their time in grazing and in summer, this falls to around 50%. Jamunapari goat
breed browses on bushes, tree leaves or small plants and the top of grasses
rather than typical ground grazing. Jamunapari goats are also
called with different names like "Ram Sagol" and
"Jamnapari".Read more here.
The Beetal goat breed is
distributed throughout the states of Punjab and Haryana in India. However, pure
Beetal breeds can be found in the districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar and
Ferozepur in Punjab state. This breed has similar features like Jamunapari goat
breed. Beetal goat breed is found in India and Pakistan. The Beetal goat is
raised for both meat and dairy (milk).When it comes to size, this breed is
second to Jamunapari goat breed. However, Beetal goat breed s superior to it in
respect to proliferation and adaptability to various agro climatic conditions.
This breed is also suitable for stall feeding. Read More here.
Sojat goat is one of the famous meat goats originated
from the state of Rajasthan in India. Basically, Sojat goat is cross bred from
other Indian domestic goat breed called the "Jamunapari goat". This
goat breed is distributed mainly Sojat, Aau (Phalodi), Pipar, Jodhpur and other
small regions of Rajasthan, India. However, this meat goat breed is spread everywhere
in India. More people are showing interest in this breed due to its tasty meat
and adaptability to any area in India. As meat goat farming growing tremendously
and demand for goat meat increasing every year, there is huge potential of
getting good profits in Sojat goat farming. Usually, goat growers sacrifice
this goat during the Bakri-Eid festival. Sojat goats are poor in yielding of
milk having only 2 months of lactation period; hence farmers choose this breed
for production of "meat". The best part of this goat breed is they
can be raised in stall feeding system. Read more here.
