{"id":124359,"date":"2026-09-14T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124359"},"modified":"2026-09-14T13:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:50:28","slug":"malabari-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/malabari-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Malabari Goat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Malabari Goat Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new study suggested that ancient spice route networks may have shaped the maternal genetic history of the Malabari goat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Malabari Goat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malabari also known as <\/span><b>Tellicherry or Cutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>native to Keralam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All males and a small number of <\/span><b>females are bearded.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They have a medium sized head with a flat and occasionally a Roman nose with medium sized ears directed outward and downward.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animals are <\/span><b>medium in size.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They have no uniform colour and the coat varies from completely white to black.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These goats are reared <\/span><b>for milk and meat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their skin is popular in the tanning industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Milk Yield:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The milk yield ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 litres a day with an average of 90 kg in a lactation period of 178 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Adaptability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It exhibits <\/span><b>exceptional adaptability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to humid tropical stressors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main threat to this <\/span><b>goat is the invasion of Boer goats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also goats from other parts of the country to the breeding tract of Malabari resulting in the dilution of the breed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of the Study<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These Malabari goats belong to a <\/span><b>rare maternal genetic group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found in only about 3% of domestic goats globally.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goats were placed in <\/span><b>mitochondrial haplogroup B1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a relatively uncommon lineage among domestic goats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also showed close maternal genetic relationships with goats <\/span><b>from Oman, Arabia and Gujarat.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/ancient-spice-route-may-have-shaped-keralams-malabari-goats-genetic-legacy-study-shows\/article71455391.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malabari Goats also known as Tellicherry or Cutch are native to Kerala. 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