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Usually brilliant white (> 70 percent in central Somalia). Some Ethiopian goats from the Ogaden have black spotting or solid black on the head and fore part of the neck: some varieties have a black dorsal stripe. Hair short, shiny, smooth. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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Long-eared Somali has a short smooth coat, which is mainly white (92%, with occasional brown (4%), black (3%) and grey (1%) coat colours. A spotted coat pattern was observed in 21% of males, but rarely occurs in females. |
Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia |
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They are either pure white or with some black pigment sprinkled on head, ears and along the backbone. The hair is short and smooth; the skin is thin and black on the areas not covered by hair. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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White with grey pigmentation. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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Short to medium, pricked sideways and slightly forwards and upwards. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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The ear is horizontal (64% in females, 66.8% in males) and semi-pendulous (22% in females, 16% in males). Vestigial ears, which are not found in other goat types, occurred concentrated in one site, Dollo, in Borana. The mean±SD ear length in males and fem |
Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia |
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Short in a horizontal or pricked forward position. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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Horns are mainly curved (41% in males, 46% in females), and pointed backwards in 38% of males and upwards in 48% females. Some 13% of horns in both sexes have a lateral orientation. A high incidence of polledness was recorded in both sexes (19 in males an |
Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia |
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Small, usually slender with no marked twist, in about 97 percent of animals. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia |
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