RAISING SHEEP AND GOATS

is one of the oldest professions

Sunnah and described this the best profession.
In Pakistan farming is still in very primitive farm.
It is undertaken by poor, landless or small holders.
Consistent supply of animal protein poor nomads
The usual flock strength is 40 animals.
Subsidiary occupation
Thrive well on arid areas and the land is too steep.
 Scope of sheep & goat production
Well knit in agriculture being small sized
High prolificacy
Low cost maintenance
Short term return with low capital
Low labour
Thrive where other cannot
Food security to nomads
Employment opportunities to rural poor
 Scope of small ruminants
Well integrated in varied environment
Ability to acclimatized
High fertility
Short generation interval
Business foe poorest communities
Short term return with low capital
Quality products
 Share and scope
Products
Energy are lower for milk, meat and fiber
Affordable with 5-10% mortality
Export for over 200 million foreign exchange
Basis for carpet industry
Employment in tanneries
 Sheep and goat distribution
China has the largest sheep population followed by
Australia and New Zealand.
Pakistan ranks 9th among sheep producing country
Majority of the goat population is distributed in the
continents of Asia and Africa.
Owners in these continents are in nomadic / landless
farmers having 1-15 per family.
Dairy goat & Angora is becoming popular in Europe
 Domestication
Domestication: is the removal of organism from some
natural selection pressures over generations.
Changes which come with domestication are the result of
the effects of captivity and, in the long run a change of
genotype.
 Domestication
The domesticated animals are kept & bred for clear
purposes under human control.
Animals acquired the characteristics that were not found
in wild.
They are substantially altered as a group in appearance or
behavior.
Examples include dog, sheep, goats, cattle and buffaloes.
 Domestication
History of Livestock is older than civilization
Different era’s of man’s history
Old stone age 14000 years ago
Middle stone age 13000 years ago
New stone age and then metal ages (cooper, bronze and iron)
about 1000-5000 years ago
Man learned hunting from animals, even competitor for food
with other animals
 Domestication
Human and their ancestors have been hunters
Have been dependent capture and kill
Used to eat things like vegetable, fruit, leaves and meats etc.
without boiling and cooking
In stone age man thought about domestication of animals
It is likely that mutations, selective breeding and natural
selection played role in domestication
 Domestication
Symbiotic relationship developed between human and animals
Wolves or dogs start following men for food scraps, and could
warn about the enemies
The 1st domesticate animal was dog 10000BC
The next two had been sheep & goats 8000BC in Western
Asia in new stone age
 Domestication
Sheep thought descended from wild stock; the Mufflions (Ovis
musimon and Ovis orientalis) and Asiatic urial (Ovis vignei)
Goats from Beozar or Pasan (Capra hircus aegrus) and sindh
wild goat (capra hircus blythi)
 Taming
Taming referred to an individual within a species or
variety, while domesticated refers to whole species or
variety.
Taming is a process by that animals are trained to acquire
desired characters.
All domesticated animals are tamed but all tamed animals
are not domesticated.
 Taxonomy
Branch of biological science which attempts to classify living
forms into some order and system which can be used to relate
hierarchies or otherwise identify them and establish their
relationships to each other and totality of life.
 Taxonomy
 Taxonomic system was constructed in middle of 18 th century
by Karl Von Linn i.e., Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,
Family, Genus, & Species.
 Human belongs to order- primate, family- hominidae, genus-
homo, species- sapiens.
Animal Clasification
 Bov idae

Ovis Capra Bos Bubalus

C.hircus 1- Bos indicus (humped) bubalis (all type of

2- Bos taurus (humples) buffalo)
 DOMESTICATION
Sheep were descended from wild stocks; Mufflons (ovis
musimon and ovis orientals) and Asiatic urial (ovis
vignei).
Goats are believed to be descended from the Bezoar or
Pasan (Capra hircus aegrus; and Sindh wild goat (Capra
hircus blyth)
 Sheep and goat distribution
China has the largest sheep population followed by Australia
and New Zealand.
Pakistan ranks 9th among sheep producing country
Majority of the goat population is distributed in the continents
of Asia and Africa.
Owners in these continents are in nomadic / landless farmers
having 1-15 per family.
Dairy goat & Angora is becoming popular in Europe
 Goat distribution
China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Indonesia

Major part of goat is distributed in Asia & Africa.

India & China possess the largest population

Sheep are found 42, 9.6, 19.4, 26.8 & 1.8 % in Punjab,
Sindh, KPK, Baluchistan and FATA, respectively.
Goats are 39.5, 21.7, 22.4 & 2.8% respectively.
 Goat Breeds
1-Beetal
2- Dera Din Pinah (DDP)
3- Hairy
4- Nachi
5- Teddy
6- Berbary (Bari)
7- Burgi(Bagitoori)
8- Chapar (Kohistani/ Jabali)
9- Sindh Desi
10- Jattan (Dharttan)
11- Kamori
 Goat Breeds
12- Pateri (Kajli) 21- Baltistani
13- Tapri 22- Kohei Ghizer
14- Tharki 23- Piamiri
24- Buchi
15- Damani
25- Desi
16- Gaddi
26- Kooti
17- Kaghani 27- Labri
18- Khurasani 28- Shurri
19- Lehri 29- Beiari (Chamber)
20- Jarakheil 30- Pothohari
 Goat breeds found in Punjab
Breed Type Color Size (kg) General description
milk yield (lit.)
Beetal Milch Brown/ red Large (40-45) Roman nose, long,
spotted with Milk yield broad, pendulous ears,
white or black (190/150 days) spiraled horns, Long
stout legs, 50% twining
and triplet .

Dera Din Milch Black Large (40-45) Large head with roman
Panah Milk yield (160/140 nose, hair on the chin,
days) long broad ears and
cartilaginous
appendages on sides of
neck. Long spiraled
horn.
 Goat breeds found in Punjab
Breed Type Color Size (kg) milk General description
yield (lit.)

Hairy Milch White Medium (28-32) Hairy body, hair

Milk (180/140 days) production is 3kg/head.

Nachi Meat/ Black, black and Medium (28-32) medium head with roman
milch white spotted Milk (150/100 days) nose, small and thin
horns, because of
dancing gait called
“Nachi”
Teddy Meat White, creamy, Small (22-28) Compact body, small
brown, black or Milk 65/130 days) droopy ears, bucks often
patches with these have beards, short
colors conical teats, early
maturity and high
prolificacy.
 Reproduction in Goats
Goat Breed Fertility (%) Twining (%)

Beetal 84 15

Nachi 75 26

Dear Din Panah 66 10

Teddy 89 49

Hairy 81 36
Goat breeds in Punjab
Goats breeds in Punjab
Teddy Goat
 Goat breeds found in Sindh
Breed/ Home tract Color Size (kg) milk General description
Type yield (lit.)

Bari/ Hyderabad, White, Small (20-23) Compact body, small erect

Meat Dadu, Brown Milk yield ears like that of a deer (hence
Larkana, or (100/110 days) named Bari), small pointed
Khairpur & spotted horns, look like deer and also
Nawabshah raised as a fancy breed.

Bugri Hyderabad, White Small (25-30) Hairy, spirally twisted horns

(Bagitoori) Badin & Milk yield rising in upright position
/ Meat Mirpurkhas (160/140 days) drooping medium ears.

Chappar / Karachi, Black Small (22-26) Mountainous areas hence

Meat Thatta, white or Milk yield name “Chapper”, “Kohistani”
Dadu & spotted. (90/120 days) or “Jabli” with small head,
Larakana forelock, ears small to
medium.
 Goat breeds found in Sindh
Breed/ Home tract Color Size (kg) milk General description
Type yield (lit.)

Jattan/ Irrigated Fawn, red Large (42-50) Horned animals, long legs
Milch areas of or black, Milk yield with well developed udder.
Mirpurkhas ears are (225/130 days)
& Thar white
desert splashed
with fawn
Kamori/ All over Dark Large (44-50) Large compact high-set,
Milch Sindh brown/ Milk yield horned animals with well
(irrigated brown or (210/115 days) developed teats and udder.
tract). black
patches
Pateri / Hydrabad, White Large (42-52) Ears long, drooping. Horned
Milk & Nawabshah, face, Milk yield animals with well developed
Meat Khairpur neck, ears (170/120 days) udder.
and & legs
Sanghar. reddish
Barbari goat
Sind Desi
Kamori goat
 Goat breeds found in Sindh
Breed/ Home tract Color Size (kg) milk General description
Type yield (lit.)

Tapri/ Mirpurkhas Fawn, red Small (20-25) Head & ears are small, Long
Meat Sanghar, or white Milk yield spiraled horns, udder and
Hyderabad (110/130 days) teats are small, twinning is
& Khairpur common.

Tharki/ Thar desert Black but Small (25-35) Animals with medium head &
Meat hence the red animals Milk yield ears, adequately developed
name is are also (110/120 days) teats and udder.
“Tharki”. seen
Desi / Dadu, Black, Medium to Developed from the cross of
Milk & Nawabshah, white, grey Large (39-48) Kamori and Chapper.
meat Sakhar & & spotted Milk yield Compact body, medium head,
Larkana (140/95 days) ears, teat & udder is medium.
 Goat breeds found in KPK
Breed/ Home tract Color Size (kg) milk General description
Type yield (lit.)
Damani Bannu, D. I. Black body Small (25-30) Head & ears are medium,
Meat/ Khan & & Tan, or Milk yield horns curved & pointed,
Milk Peshawar camel (110/100 days) small tail, udder and teats are
colored head fairly developed.
& lower half
of legs
Kaghani Kaghan Generally Medium (32-38) Hairy animals; massive head
Meat / valley black, but Milk yield with long ears and horns.
hair ( Abottabad white & (125/150 days)
, Mansehra grey are also
and Swat). seen
Gaddi Kaghan Generally Large (40-50) Heavy breed, head is
Milk/ valley black, but Milk yield massive with long ears and
Hair ( Abottabad white & (150/120 days) legs are long & stout.
, Mansehra grey are also Compact body, medium
and Swat). seen head, ears, teat & udder is
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