all Coat Colour/Pattern Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Overall Colours are mainly in a plain pattern (90%); 10% are spotted. The main colour is white (41%), with equal proportions of black (23%) and brown (23%). They have short hair. Kotu-Oromo, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall The Short-eared Somali goat has a short smooth coat, which is mainly white (76%) with brown (9%), black (7%) and grey (7%) occasionally in spotted patterns (12%). Ogaden, Modugh, Mudugh, Dighier, Deghiyer, Dighi Yer, Denghier,Abgal, Ogaden, Issa-Somali, Habab, Maria, Bimal, Ethiopia
Overall 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
Overall The coat type is short and smooth with 51% plain colour, 42% patchy and 7% spotted. The predominant colour is red-brown (41%), the remaining goats being split between black, white and grey. Brown Goat, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall They have a relatively coarse long coat (82%); 12% of the animals have hair on their thighs. The coat colour is mainly plain (51%), 42% have a patchy colour pattern, and 7% are spotted. The main colours are white (42%) and fawn (42%), and combinations of Unspecified-1402883406, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall It has a predominantly short smooth coat (81%), with 16% having a relatively coarser coat. The main colours are white (42%) and fawn (38%), with some black (9%) and grey (11%), occurring mainly in patches (73%). Unspecified-1402883406, Ethiopia
Overall Most of the goats have a coarse (38%) to hairy (27%) coat type; some 16% have hair on the thighs. Plain colours predominate (52%), with some patchy colour patterns (45%). The main colours are black (30%) or brown (31%). Unspecified-1402883401, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall The colour varies and the body is covered with short hair. Unspecified-1402883398, Ethiopia On Station
Unspecified The body is covered with short coarse hair of a predominantly blond colour, ranging from shaded white to light brown. Danakil, Adal, Ethiopia On Station
Overall The ideal colour is a white goat with a red head and ears, and fully pigmented. Unspecified-1402883399, South Africa