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The Oberhasli is a modern American breed of dairy goat. It derives from the subtype of Chamois Colored Goat from the Oberhasli district of the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland . All purebred members of the breed descend from five Chamois Colored Goats imported to the United States in 1936.
This is a list of goat breeds usually considered to have developed in Canada and the United States. The goat is not indigenous to North America, so none of them is ...
Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber, meat, dairy products or goatskin. Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several ...
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The milk yield per lactation of the Chamois Coloured Goat in Switzerland is given as >700 kg, with 3.4% fat and 2.9% protein. [3] Measurements made in Italy in 2004 gave figures of 343 ± 115 litres for primiparous, 506 ± 205 L for secondiparous, and 539 ± 228 L for pluriparous, nannies, [8]: 384 with an average of 3.24% fat and 3.13% protein.
The North American Packgoat Association is a Boise, Idaho-based not-for-profit corporation formed to promote packing with packgoats. [5] In the U.S., goats bred for packing are usually tall and lean; belonging to one of the larger dairy goat breeds such as Alpine, Toggenburg, Saanen, Lamancha, Oberhasli or a crossbreed thereof. [2]