Appenzell goat

Appenzell
Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered-maintained
Other names	French: Chèvre d’Appenzell; German: Appenzellerziege;
Country of origin	Switzerland
Distribution	Appenzell Ausserrhoden; Appenzell Innerrhoden; Canton of St. Gallen;
Use	milk; vegetation management;
Traits
Weight	Male: 65 kg; Female: 45 kg;
Height	Male: 80 cm; Female: 75 cm;
Wool color	white
Face color	white
Horn status	usually hornless
	Goat; Capra aegagrus hircus;

The Appenzell, French: Chèvre d’Appenzell, German: Appenzellerziege,^[2] is a rare and endangered indigenous breed of long-haired white domestic goat from Switzerland. It originates in the "half-cantons" of the historic Appenzell region, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden, and has spread into the neighbouring Canton of St. Gallen.^[3]

History[]

Documentation of the Appenzell breed goes back more than 100 years. A goat-breeders' association, the Ziegenzuchtgenossenschaft Appenzell, was founded in Innerrhoden in February 1902, and another, the Ziegenzuchtgenossenschaft Urnäsch, in Ausserrhoden in 1914. The Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband, the Swiss federation of cantonal goat breeders' associations, runs a conservation and recovery project for the Appenzell which includes financial support for breeders and a controlled breeding programme.^[4] In 2007 conservation status of the breed was listed by the FAO as "endangered-maintained".^[1]

In 2005, the Appenzell breed represented about 4.2% of the total registered Swiss goat population of about 70,000 head.^[3] At the end of 2013 a population of 1900–2000 was reported to DAD-IS.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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. p. 112. Accessed June 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Breed data sheet: Appenzellerziege/Switzerland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Tableaux des races: Races caprines suisses – races menacées (in French). Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband. Archived 15 July 2014.
^ Hans-Peter Grunenfelder (ed.) (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps. St. Gallen: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Accessed July 2017.

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[barb-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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. p. 112. Accessed June 2014.

[dad-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Breed data sheet: Appenzellerziege/Switzerland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.

[szzv-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Tableaux des races: Races caprines suisses – races menacées (in French). Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband. Archived 15 July 2014.

[save-4] Hans-Peter Grunenfelder (ed.) (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps. St. Gallen: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Accessed July 2017.

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Traits

Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered-maintained^[1]
Other names	French: Chèvre d’Appenzell German: Appenzellerziege
Country of origin	Switzerland
Distribution	Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden Canton of St. Gallen
Use	milk vegetation management^[2]
Weight	Male: 65 kg^[2] Female: 45 kg^[2]
Height	Male: 80 cm^[2] Female: 75 cm^[2]
Wool color	white
Face color	white
Horn status	usually hornless
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus