Basic cashmere quality indicators of goats of zalaajinst- edren cashmere breed

In the present A work on selective breeding aimed at further consolidation of key qualities of the race of Zalaajinst- Edren white goats towards increased length and fineness of fibers and upgrading phenotypic characteristics (Dorjbat Yo, 2013) resulted in identification of major productive and phenotypic parameters. Four analogically selected age/sex groups such as: young male and females, and adult females (does) and males (bucks) out of the herd of goats of Zalaajinst-Edren cashmere breed kept under year-round pasture grazing were sampled for studies on cashmere quality and quantity. The intrinsic characteristics of the goats of this breed are the unique white color of cashmere fiber, compact body appearance and excellent adaptation to the Mongolia’s Gobi natural environment. The productive parameters of the goats are less different from other goat populations of the same productive profiles: cashmere yield 406.3 (324.2 to 512.4) grams, cashmere fiber diameters – 15.2 (15.1-15.8) microns and fiver length – 60.3 (60.0-68.6) mm with net fiber yield of 55.3% (52.2-58.4%). Other vital appearances, such as body size, milk yield and flesh quantity are similar to those of other goat breeds and selected races reared in Mongolia (Dorjbat Yo, 2014). The cashmere qualitative and quantifiable data of the breed suggest that fibers this breed produces are longer and fine (Dorjbat Yo, 2015). The genotypic patterns of white body and fiber color of goats of Zalaajinst-Edren breed are strongly consolidated to produce white cashmere, only. On average for all population, cashmere yield exceeds other breeds and races by 23.3-43.4 percent with other quality parameters: fiber length – longer by 0.05-25.3 percent and net cashmere fiber yield averaging at 43.49-62.15 percent. The mean fiber diameter ranges at 15.1-15.6 microns. In terms of bodyweight, body size and milk yield, they do not significantly differ from other goat breeds of similar productive classes. These aggregated unique qualitative and quantitative characteristics suggest that Zalaajinst- Edren breed can be used as an improver of black and brown goats raised in the Gobi region.