Chamois Coloured goat
The Chamois Coloured Goat,,,, is an indigenous Swiss breed of domestic goat. It is distributed throughout Switzerland and in parts of northern Italy and Austria, and has been exported to other countries including France. There are two strains, a horned type from the Grisons or Graubünden in the eastern part of the country, and a hornless type from the former bezirk of Oberhasli and the area of Brienz and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland. In some countries the hornless variety may be considered a separate breed, the Oberhasli. The Swiss herd-book was established in 1930.
Registration and numbers
In Switzerland the Chamois Coloured Goat is among the principal national goat breeds for which a herd-book is kept by the Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband, the Swiss federation of cantonal goat breeders' associations. In Italy, under the name Camosciata delle Alpi, it is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders; the Italian herd-book was activated in 1973.At the end of 2013 the number reported for Switzerland was and the registered population in Italy was. A population of was reported from Austria in 2012.
Characteristics
It is a medium-large goat: billies with no less than and stand about at the shoulder; nannies weigh at least and average in height. The coat is short and fine; it is russet-brown with black markings to the face, a black dorsal stripe and black on the belly and on the lower limbs; the skin is fine-textured and black.There are two strains, a horned type from the Grisons or Graubünden in the eastern part of the country, and a hornless type from the former bezirk of Oberhasli and the area of Brienz and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland.