Laoshan goat

Laoshan
Conservation status FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other names Laoshan Dairy
Country of origin China
Distribution Shandong Province
Traits
Weight Male: 76 kg[2]
  Female: 48 kg[2]
Height Male: 85 cm[2]
  Female: 71 cm[2]
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus

The Loashan goat breed from the Shandong Province of China is used for the production of milk. It is derived from the selective breeding of local goats crossed with Saanen goats first introduced to the area in 1904.[3]

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. 1 2 3 4 Breed data sheet: Laoshan Dairy/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
  3. ↑ Porter, Valerie (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties 5th edition. Wallingford: CABI ISBN 085199430X. p. 144.
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