Photos, description Corsican breed of goats for breeding and domestic content characteristic
Everyone is familiar with the island of Corsica, is proud of the animals bred there, called the Corsican goat. Who pets island valued and cared for, because they are the kind of authentic island and bring great benefit to their environment. Also representative of this island have unique genetic characteristics and represent the value of their own country resources. Goats belong to indigenous pupils. Earlier, goats have always been free and diversity found only in mountainous regions, but as time passed, and scientists have developed a number of techniques to breed domesticated process, the results of all the objectives have been achieved and domestication occurred. Now they graze freely, as well as on the rocky surroundings areas, and home kozovodov farms, but in a limited range of Corsican.
Breed there date of occurrence of the first Corsican representative long enough, even not known. In between, eight centuries the number of pupils has decreased significantly. So, for a large period of time the number of animals has decreased by approximately 45 thousand representatives. And as hard facts, at first there were about 200 thousand pupils. It is necessary to accept that loss big enough. But, if you compare a variety of other rock s that at similar stages simply disappeared, the famous Corsican goat great endurance, both in the past and in modern times. In addition to the name “Corsican”, there are other names by which this breed is known: «corsican goats», «capra corsa».
Statistically it is proven that the number of inhabitants in the native Corsican island becomes approximately 97% of all existing in Corsica members of other species. There are about 45 thousand animals in general, and about 33 thousand goats Rodia (results announced by the company «agreste»). Pets have these conformation traits: of medium size, strong constitution; live weight of goats becomes approximately 30-40 kg, and adult goat weighing less than 45-65 kg; large, but narrow head, with a straight profile, small ears and carefully placed curved horns. Externally, the animals have a variety of wool cover Color: black or dark brown shades of white color, with a variety of brightly colored tints. Average indicators for milk production laktatsiozny period becomes about 180 liters of lactation interval is about 200 days. For pets there are no any obstacles in the movement, for that they have from birth, there are special devices. For example, long hairs guarantee safety in penetrating spikes or other dangerous, sharp objects, and muscular legs and strong hooves of animals provide a comfortable and safe movement in unfavorable conditions for this, so the movement of goats there is no absolutely no problem.
Corsican representatives possess the type of milk goats and surprise inherent characteristics: rapid acclimatization, high endurance levels and the possibility of prosperity breeding in mountain areas. The island of Corsica pets are always very popular and benefited many centuries, that actually do now. The owners provided the variety has always appreciated the benefit of goats. Because pets have sufficiently high levels of milk production, they were used for the ready multiple of dairy products like milk, different varieties of cheese, yogurt. But meat productivity represented species was of great importance, the meat of animals owned high taste data. A fur, which was redesigned their wool cover Corsican goat has been used in the production of a variety of fur products Clothing, blankets and yarn generally. Also quite popular are considered musical instruments, gun handles that were made on the basis of animal horns. Although Corsican variety of highly valued and sought to develop multiple processes of productivity as food, feeding children, industrial demand, over time, the use of the Corsican goat decreased, instead they preferred the population and breeding of dairy sheep industry.
Over time, the use level of the Corsican varieties gradually declined, and with the arrival on the island of the new landowners derokforskih regions, substitute goat (sheep milk) Stavan new generation in agriculture. Some time passed, and the sheep are almost completely replaced the number of goats on the island, the Corsican breed of goats has been used only in limited requirements as barter or as payment in kind. At that time, all the attention was focused on the new animals, which are easy to monopolize local markets, were important, the economic role in trade. In this regard, for the new pets were allocated the most productive and favorable pasture, as it was thought that sheep are much better and more profitable, and all the other bad and unfavorable areas for habitation as rocky mountains, ruins, were given life-Corsican representatives that very unfair. Many years, the representatives of the Corsican varieties of goats suffered inconvenience and poor living conditions until they again noticed and considered important animals. So, in 2003 (around June), Corsican Goats were officially recognized as a kind of island of goats, which were waiting for pets sufficiently large time interval. Finally, the Ministry of Agriculture resumed the life and significance of the breed. To date, the animals enjoy the same demand as before. They take part in various processes of production: the food, economic, material. Recently, due to the fact that the species has been adopted for compliance with Brocciu AOP goats are expensive to manufacture cheeses and dairy products selected and certification process involved males. Present again recognized the great and unique importance of the Corsican varieties, and, in connection with the fact that approximately 82% of farms in the territories of the Corsican island is made from milk pets more expensive types of cheese to which the «brocciu» (the manufacturing process associated with serum brewed AOP label). In practice, during the period of lactation Corsican representatives (lactation interval starts mid-January and ends in late October) developed many high-quality products that bring high returns for the owners provided variety.