Pure Goat Breed
Dear imuibu,
An animal that is of pure breed, i.e. whose ancestors on both sides have been members of a recognized breed and they are not cross with any other distinctive breed.
A goat breed taken from its native place can be called as pure breed.For example, sangamneri breed,it is originated from the sangamner district,so a sagamneri goat brought from sangamner has more chances to be of pure .Same with that of sirohi,Jamanpari,Osmanabadi etc.
Only a goat herder,goat farm expert (breeding goats from a long time) and veteran identifies a pure breed of a specific category only.A goat herder native of sangamner District and having sangamneri breed in his flock,can easily identifies pure line sangamneri breed ,as he his breeding sangamneri goats from their ancestors.But a goat herder of sangamneri cant identifies pure line sirohi,Jamnapari or osmanabadi goat breed as he has not seen or breed them from a long time(from his grand parents).
Only a goat herder,goat farm expert or veteran of rajasthan and native of sirohi district easily identifies the pur line sirohi breed. Whereas as the same goat herder fails to identify pure line Jamnapari a or Osmanabadi goat breed.
Goat herders are very expert in identifying their local breed.Lets look how-A goat herder has many goats in his flock 40,50 and sometime up to 100.If a single goat of his flock gets mixes with nearby flock of other goat herder,then he easily identifies his goat even from a group of 100 goats and bring backs his goat to his flock.
Now a new goat farmer who has just started goat farming,and if one of his goat get mixes in a small group of 10 identical goats,even in 10 goats he fails to identify his own goat.So its clearly depends on goat farming practices.Goat herders and shepherds spends maximum of their life span with goats and sheeps only,which a new goat farmer has not spent.
Pureline breed is identified from his toe,head,nose,horns,eyes,ears,skin color,shape,structure etc by goat herders,goat farm experts and veterans.When a goat is buoyed from these peoples and at their native places,the chances of getting pure line breed are more.
*If you buy a sirohi from sirohi District and from above persons then chances of getting pure line sirohi are more.Whereas if you buy sirohi from Tamil Nadu or A.P even from above persons,the chances of getting pureline line variety is less.In sirohi District sirohi goats are in bulk,so the chances to cross breed sirohi with other breed in are very less.Whereas in T.N and A.P other goat breeds are easily available in bulk,which can be easily crossed with Sirohi to increase their sale.
*This is just an example to explain pureline breed.
There are lots of other factors to classify the pure breed,based on scientific aspects(genes),etc.
Regards,
DR.Shaikh