Chengde Down

Chengde Down
Conservation status
Other names
  • Chengde Horn Down            
  • Yanshan Polled
Country of originChina
DistributionHebei Province
Usecashmere
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average 54.5 kg[2]
  • Female:
    average 41.5 kg[2]
Coatusually black
Horn statushorned or polled
Beardyes
Tasselsmay be tasselled
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Chengde Down is a Chinese breed of cashmere goat. It originates in Hebei Province in northern China, on the border with Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. If hornless it may also be known as the Yanshan Polled.[3]: 371 

Characteristics

The Chengde Down is a well-muscled goat of medium size. It has small erect ears, is usually bearded and may have tassels. It is usually horned in both sexes, but may also be hornless or polled; if polled, it may also be known as the Yanshan Polled, and may be brown in colour.[3]: 371  The coat is of medium length and is usually black; it may also be black-and-white or white. The cashmere yield is approximately 245 g per year; the fibre has a diameter of 14–16 microns.[3]: 371 

References

  1. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Breed data sheet: Chengde Horn Down / China (Goat). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.


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