Country
Specie
ISO3
AUT
Language
ger.
Other name
Blobe Goas, Blobe Ziege
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Native
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Additional information
a few herds in the Ötztal and upper Inn valley in the Tyrol
Efabis cultural role comment
the pelts are used for Perchten masks
Adaptability to specific environment
very well adapted to extreme heights
Specific resistance or tolerance
very resistant against wet and cold weather
Specific reproductive characteristic
the breed is reagarded as evry fertile
Special characteristic of product
good meat yield pelts, horns
Other special qualities
Dual purpose goat for meat and milk
Efabis environmental role
used to keep open high mountain pastures in the project
Efabis adaptability to marginal land
endangered breeds as focus in the Naturpark Ötztal
Coat description
typical goat of the high Alps, grazes at 2500 to 3000m in summer
Efabis skin colour
evenly grey or blue roan, dark back stripe, legs and hooves black. Sometimes light grey in the front and dark grey at the back halve of the body (
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
grey, blue roan
Wither height males
dark
Wither height females
0/2
Weight males
0.00
Weight females
0.00
Herdbook established
80
Domestication status
65
Taxonomic classification
Sturdy, middling to large framed mountain goat, neck length in harmony with the body, broad head with slightly to distinctly dished nose, very well muscled, broad back, deep chest, broad pelvis, sturdy legs with very hard hooves.
Description of origin
y
Year of origin
2007
Import
domestic
Location within country
Breed
Local cryo conservation status
autochthonous breed in the region between North and South Tyrol, originally spread along the whole High Alps.
Local Risk
19th century
Detailed local risk status
no imports
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
North Tyrol, Salzburg
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Not Sufficient
