Abstract
This study was conducted as a preliminary study to design the breeding activity of Mongolian cashmere goats. To characterize the phenotypic traits of goats in Western Mongolia, the linear body measurements and cashmere yield and its the quality were measured. In this study, 608 cashmere goats were selected from the areas where it highly affected to overgrazing and overstocked in this area. The study used a random sampling method from the populations. The normality of the data was checked using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and analyzed using the linear model procedure in R software. All male (buck) and female goats had straight head profiles (100%). Black coat color was predominant in Erdeneburen, Bayan-Uul soums and all of the goats in Ulgii soum were red. The goats in Ulgii soum were the biggest in body size compared to Erdeneburen and Bayan-Uul in Ulgii soums. The goats had back horn orientation (100%). Significant effects (p <0.001) of sex, age, locations, and sex*age classes were observed on live body weight, cashmere quantitative and qualitative characteristics, and linear body measurements.
Highlights
The reputation of Mongolian cashmere has been hindered by its coarsened fibre diameter and deteriorated pasture condition in recent years
This trend was not the case for Gobi Gurvan Saikhan and Uuliin Bor breeds which originated from Russian exotic goat breeds [6]
This study aims to describe the current phenotypic and cashmere characteristics of cashmere goats in Western Mongolia
Summary
Goats are raised for multipurpose in the country providing meat, milk, cashmere, and skin. Qualitative data (coat color, ear type, head profile and horn orientation and presence) and quantitative data (body weight, cashmere diameter, cashmere length, raw cashmere yield and linear body measurements such as body length, height of withers, height of rump, body length, chest girth and chest depth) were measured on the goats. Age and locations of the goats were fitted as independent variables while body weight, linear body measurements, cashmere characteristics were set as dependent variables.
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