AGB 211: Livestock and Poultry Breeding (2+1)

ZALAWADI

Distribution

Surendranagar and Rajkot districts in Gujarat. The total goat population in the Zalawadi distribution area according to the 1972 census was 0.341 m. of which 0.013 m adult males and 0.256 m adult females.

Breed characteristics

	Adult males	Adult females
Body weight	38.84	32.99
Body length	75.6	71.8
Height at withers	83.3	78.5
Chest girth	76.8	74.2

Conformation

Large animals. Coat is black and contains long coarse hair. Ears are long, wide, leaf-like and drooping; ear length: 19.0 +- 0.20 cm. Both sexes have long twisted horns, pointed upward; horn length: 1673 +- 0.2 cm. The udder is well developed, with large conical teats. The average flock contains 41.5 individuals (range: 10 to 60), of which 0.9 adult males, 28.7 adult females and 11.9 young.

Reproduction

	Days
Kidding percentage (%)	71.2
Litter size: (%)
Singles	82.1
Twins	17.9

Performance

Milk
Lactation yield (Kg)/day	2.02
Lactation length (days)	197.2
Hair (g per year) 245.3