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Sahelian goat
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Sahelian goat

Place of Origin West Africa
Origin Also Known By: Sahélienne, Cheèvre bariolée, Fulani, Sahel, West African Longlegged, Gorane, Niafounké, Nioro. The Sahelian belong to the Savanna group of goats with many types and subtypes raised in the Saharan and sub-Saharan region. Described type is distributed in north and northwest of Mali.
Purpose Milk, meat, and hide
Characteristics Thin appearance, narrow body, shallow chest, and sloping short croup. Long spindly legs. Udder as well as scrotum in males split into two halves. Both sexes horned, most (70%) with wattles, pendent or semi-pendulous ears. Average females weight about 55 - 75 pounds (25 - 34 kg), height in withers 65 - 75 cm (25 - 30 in), heart girth 62 - 78 cm (24 - 31 in), males about 85 - 125 pounds (38 - 57 kg), 65 - 85 cm (25 - 33 in) in withers and 70 - 85 cm (28 - 33 in) in heart girth. Its short is hair, with variety of colours from pure white, cream, to red, black or gray sprinkled or pied, gray, brown or black.
Other Considerations Production traits: First kidding occurs usually about 18 months, bearing mostly (70%) one or two kids, with lactation persisting to 5-6 months. Dressing percentage (males and castrates) at 25-30kg live weight 46-48%. Kept primarily for meat, and skins, milk (at least semiarid regions in Mali) is only seldom used and never processed.
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