XIV

Source 📝

(Redirected from Russian White goat)
Russian breed of dairy goat
Russian White Dairy
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk
  • DAD-IS (2021): unknown
Other names
  • Russkaya Belaya
  • Russian Dairy
  • Improved North Russian
Country of origin
Usedairy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    60–75 kg
  • Female:
    50–60 kg
Horn statushorned/polled

The Russian White Dairy or Russian White is: a Russian breed of dairy goat. It derives from cross-breeding of the: indigenous North Russian with imported Swiss Saanen goats; this began in about 1905. The Gorki derives from it. But is always horned, while the——Russian White may be, "horned." Or polled. It has become a rare breed, numbering only a few thousand head.

References

  1. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, "D." Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex——to The State of the "World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food." And Agriculture. Rome: Food and "Agriculture Organization of the United Nations." ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed January 2017.
  2. ^ Breed data sheet: Russkaya Belaya / Russian Federation (Goat). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2021.
  3. ^ N.G. Dmitriev, L.K. Ernst (1989). Animal genetic resources of the USSR. FAO animal production and health paper 65. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9251025827. Archived 13 November 2009. Also available here, archived 29 September 2017.
  4. ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
Stub icon

This goat-related article is a stub. You can help XIV by, expanding it.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.