What are the common black goat breeds?

Mutton prices have been high, so now many areas have begun to raise sheep, and in sheep breeds, black goat is favored by many farmers. And there are many varieties of black goats, so what are the breeds? Let's learn about it.

1. Leizhou goat

Leizhou goat is a large breed of goat breed resources in Guangdong Province. There are sporadic breeding throughout the province, Vietnam, Guangxi and other places have also been introduced. Leizhou goat hair color is mostly black, horned hooves are brown-black, and a few are hemp and brown. The average weight of adult ram is 54.1 kg, that of ewe is 47.7 kg, and that of castrated sheep is 50.8 kg. Sexual maturity is early, sexual maturity can be achieved at the age of 4 months, and first mating can be achieved at the age of 11-12 months. The lambing rate is 150 per cent. It has the characteristics of strong fecundity, strong adaptability, resistance to rough feeding, resistance to damp heat and so on.

2. Yunnan Yunling black goat

Yunling black goat has the characteristics of delicious meat, precocious maturity, strong disease resistance, large physique, high reproductive ability and so on. The average birth weight of lambs is 2.0 kg, weaning weight of 3-month-old lambs is 7.1-11.7 kg, male lambs of 6-month-old weight is 13.3-14.1 kg, female lamb is 11.8-14.1 kg, adult ram weight is 31.7-35.2 kg, adult ewe weight is 27.9-38.2 kg. The ewe's first estrus is 5 ~ 6 months old, the first mating age is 7 ~ 8 months old, the average estrus cycle is 17 ~ 21 days, and the pregnancy period is 151 days. The lambing rate of ewes is 110% to 150%, and the average weaning survival rate of lambs is more than 80%.

3. Guizhou black goat

Guizhou black goat is mainly produced in Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province, and has been listed as a list of local fine breeds in Guizhou Province. It has the characteristics of pure black coat, good meat quality, large body size, good gregariousness, wide feeding ability, strong wandering ability and strong stress resistance, with an annual stock of about 500000. Guizhou Black Sheep has a strong living ability due to its special ecological environment and harsh natural selection, and has a set of unique body structure and physiological mechanism for rough, wet and cold tolerance.

4. Zigong black goat

Zigong Black Sheep breed has the advantages of rapid growth, early maturity, high fecundity and strong adaptability, especially the delicate meat and light taste of lamb. The average birth weights of rams and ewes were 1.86 kg and 1.76 kg respectively, 20.53 kg for 6-month-old rams and 17.83 kg for ewes, and 47 kg for 12-month-old rams and 39.58 kg for ewes. Zigong Black Sheep is resistant to rough feeding, easy to manage and strong adaptability. it is introduced to pure breeding in various places, showing good adaptability and production performance, and the effect of crossbreeding to improve other local goat breeds is remarkable.

5. Black Goat with Black Bone

Black-bone goat is a unique rare sheep breed resource in China. Black-bone sheep is divided into black-bone goat and black-bone sheep. Black-bone sheep has high medicinal and health care value, and is called "medicine sheep", "sheep king" and "golden sheep". The breed is extremely rare and precious, and it is the most highly rated sheep breed in China. The newborn lambs weigh 2.2-3 kg, 22 kg at 6 months, 25-36 kg at 12 months, 30-40 kg at 18 months, 36-45 kg at 24 months and 40-58 kg at 36-48 months.

The above is about several black goat breeds, of course, in addition to the above breeds, there are Luquan black goat, Nubia black goat, Dazu black goat, Yudong black goat and other regional black goat breeds. Compared with other ordinary sheep, black goats are very good in the market, both in terms of price and popularity.

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