Dera Din Panah

Dera Din Panah
Conservation status FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other names DDP[2]
Country of origin Pakistan
Distribution Punjab province[3]
Use milk
Traits
Weight Male: 61.7 kg[4]
  Female: 40.9 kg[4]
Height Male: 81 cm[4]
  Female: 70 cm[4]
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus

The Dera Din Panah is a breed of domestic goat from the Multan and Muzaffargarh districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is used primarily for milk production.[4] The registered population was reported in 2006 as 142,403.[4]

References

  1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed June 2014.
  2. M. Yaqoob, F. Shahzad, M. Aslam, M. Younas, G. Bilal (October 2009). Production performance of Dera Din Panah goat under desert range conditions in Pakistan. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 41 (7): 1413-1419. doi:10.1007/s11250-009-9329-4
  3. Abdul Waheed (2011). Characterization of goats for linear type traits in Pakistan (doctoral thesis). Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Accessed June 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Breed data sheet: Dera Din Panah/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
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