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A Valais Blackneck billy Engraving of a Valais Blackneck from the Journal des Eleveurs, 1905. The Valais Blackneck is a Swiss breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais.It is distributed in southern Switzerland – the largest concentration is in the area of Visp (Viège) – and in neighbouring areas of northern Italy; it is present in modest numbers in Austria and Germany.
This is a list of the Swiss breeds of goat, [1] with various names used for them in that country: International name ... Valais Blackneck: Chèvre col noir du Valais
Valais Blackneck: Southern Switzerland meat, milk Vatani: Afghan native black Verata: Vera: meat, milk West African Dwarf: African dwarf West and Central Africa White Shorthaired: Czech Republic milk Xinjiang Xinjiang: fiber, meat, milk [19] [20] Xuhai Jiangsu: meat Yemen Mountain Yemen Zalawadi: Tara bakari Gujarat: fiber, meat, milk Zhiwulin ...
The Valais Blacknose is a dual-purpose breed, reared for both meat and wool. The wool is coarse: fibre diameter averages approximately 38 microns, and staple length is 100 mm (4 in) or more. [4]: 940 The annual yield of wool is about 4 kg (10 lb) per head. [3]: 281 Near Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background
The milk yield per lactation of the Chamois Coloured Goat in Switzerland is given as >700 kg, with 3.4% fat and 2.9% protein. [3] Measurements made in Italy in 2004 gave figures of 343 ± 115 litres for primiparous, 506 ± 205 L for secondiparous, and 539 ± 228 L for pluriparous, nannies, [8]: 384 with an average of 3.24% fat and 3.13% protein.
The breeding of cattle, sheep and goats is attested in the Neolithic period by archaeological remains (bones) throughout Switzerland. There is no direct evidence of cheese production at this time, but the old age of many cattle exhumed in coastal stations on Lake Zurich suggests that at least their milk was exploited, and Germanic peoples already made butter at that time.
Valais (UK: / ˈ v æ l eɪ / VAL-ay, US: / v æ ˈ l eɪ / val-AY; French: ⓘ), [a] more formally, the Canton of Valais, [b] is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country.
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