Black Goat

Location of Conservation: Hwalien Breeding Animal Propagation Station

Taiwan Livestock Research Institute

Hwalien, Taiwan

Republic of China

Tel: 886-38-525901

Fax: 886-38-523874

Contributor: Mr. I-Chang Shih

Visible Characteristics

1. Coat color is solid black or dark brown with no white spots.
2. Small in size. Move quickly.
3. Both sexes have beards at mature.
4. Horns grow toward back and edging out. Most of bucks are active.
5. Heat tolerance. Gregarious. Good maternal behavior.
6. Accept coarse food.

Growth Performance

Birth weight: 2.02±0.30 Kg in male; 1.71±0.40 Kg in female

Litter weight with single kid: 2.17±0.40 Kg

Litter weight with twin kids: 3.95±0.60 Kg

Litter weight with triple kids: 5.5±0.9 Kg

Body weight at 3-month old: 11.2±3.2 Kg (M) ; 10.1±1.2 Kg (F)

ADG before 3 monthes old: 0.102±0.017 Kg (M) ; 0.091±0.018 Kg (F)

Yearing weight: 20∼23 Kg

Reproductive Performance

Age at first conception: 242±19 days

Gestation length: 147±1 days

Farrowing interval: 221±13 days

Kidding rate by 100 does: 174％

Singling rate: 41.94％

Twinning rate: 51.62％

Tripling rate: 3.22％

Quadrupling rate: 3.22％

Survival rate at weaning 75.08％

　

Conformation Measurements

Yearing body length: 48∼51 cm

Yearing withers height: 46∼48 cm

Yearing chest girth: 59∼63 cm 

　

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