Jamunapari goat is a very beautiful dairy goat breed which was originated from India. This breed first introduced near a river of Uttar Pradesh named Jamuna. Since this breed is mostly known as Jamunapari goat. They are also known as some other names like Jamnapari, Ram Sagol etc. They become highly meat and milk productive and also very suitable for show. In India this goat breed is considered as the best dairy goat. They are one of the giant goat breeds with a pair of very long ear. The physical characteristics, feeding, housing, breeding and caring of Jamunapari goat are described below.
The body of this goat is comparatively long sized than other goats.
They are of white, black, yellow, brown or various mixed colored.
Long sized legs with long hair in the thigh and back legs.
Love to graze in the open field.
The tail of Jamunapari goat is short and typically curved upward.
Very long sized thin ears which are curved downwards.
Has a pair of small sized horns which are curved to backwards.
They produce one baby goat per year.
Female Jamunapari goat gives about 2-3 litter milk daily.
An adult male goat weights about 65-90 kg and an adult female goat weights about 40-60 kg.
Almost all goat has slightly brown spots in their mouth and neck.
The udder is comparatively capacious but pendulous and the teats are long.
The milk of Jamunapari goat is very tasty and healthy. And it contains about 5% fat.
