Finnish Landrace goat

The Finnish Landrace, also called the Finngoat (Finnish: Suomenvuohi),[1] is a landrace breed of goat originating in western Finland. The breed can come in a variety of colors but is usually grey, pied, or white, and both horned and polled individuals occur.[2] Finnish Landrace goats are typically used for milking,[3] as there is not a strong tradition of goat meat in Finnish cuisine, unlike in southern Europe.[4] Finngoats are the only breed of goat native to Finland, and originate from native goats crossed with other European imports, especially from Switzerland.[1]

This article is about the goat breed. For the sheep breed, see Finnish Landrace sheep.
A Finnish landrace goat in winter

See also

References
  1. "Suomenvuohi/Finland", DAD-IS, retrieved 28 July 2013
  2. "Finnish Landrace", Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science, retrieved July 27, 2013
  3. Graham R. Duncanson (1 January 2012), Veterinary Treatment of Sheep and Goats, CABI, p. 46, ISBN 978-1-78064-005-1
  4. Riitta Sormunen-Cristian, Tapani Kangasmäki (1 October 2000), "Performance of Finnish Landrace goat kids and lambs raised under stall-feeding conditions in Finland", Small Ruminant Research, Elsevier, 38 (2): 109–114, doi:10.1016/s0921-4488(00)00149-8CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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