Guizhou White Goat

Guizhou White Goat

　　The Guizhou White Goat is native to the middle and lower reaches of the Wujiang River in northeastern Guizhou, including counties such as Yanhe, Sinan, and Wuchuan. It is distributed across more than 20 counties in the Zunyi and Tongren regions of Guizhou, with the current total population exceeding one million.

　　Both males and females of this goat have horns. They feature a relatively round neck, deep chest, broad and flat back, a cylindrical body shape, long body, and relatively short legs. The coat is predominantly white, followed by gray, black, and multicolored varieties, with coarse and short hair. A small number of goats have grayish-brown spots on their noses, faces, and ears.

　　Adult male goats weigh 32.8 kilograms, while adult females weigh 30.8 kilograms. The meat is tender, with fat distributed between the muscles and a mild gamey flavor. One-year-old castrated male goats have an average live weight of 24.11 kilograms, carcass weight of 11.45 kilograms, internal fat weight of 1.40 kilograms, net meat weight of 8.83 kilograms, a slaughter rate of 53.30%, and a carcass net meat rate of 68.72%.

　　This breed matures early, with male and female kids reaching sexual maturity and capable of breeding at five months of age, though breeding generally occurs at seven to eight months. They are in heat year-round, producing two litters per year. From the first to the seventh litter (around four years of age), the kidding rate gradually increases from 124.27% to 180%, with an average kidding rate of 273.6% for the breed and an annual reproductive survival rate of 243.19%.