GOAT FARM
- Our Farm History
- Raising Cashmere Goats
- Identity Card Of The Cashmere Goat
- Bucks
- Kids
- Health Status
OUR FARM HISTORY
1995 Importation of initial nucleus of Cashmere breeding stock from the Macauley Institute in Scotland, whose research was aimed at studying the adaptability of the Cashmere Goat to European climate
1996-7 Importation of frozen semen and embrios; implantation of embryos and artifical insemination in collaborazione with the Istituto Caseario di Sassari (Sardegna)
1998 Importation of selected buck Australian lineage
2002 Importation of 12 goats new bloodline from USA, lineage 25 years of genetic selection
2005-7 Partecipation (experimental) al "Studio dei polimorfismi del gene della PrP caprina e dei ruminanti selvatici e di possibili fattori genetici condizionanti la suscettibilità nei bovini" : study aimed at deciphering the goat genoma with regards to the resistance to SCRAPIE.
2006 Analysis and classification within an international database and library of the fiber harvested from our herd by SGS Cashmere Labs, UK - the best know laboratory recognized worldwide for cashmere evaluation
Every year and with every generation our goats have been selected on the basis of quality and quantity of their fiber and their health status. Our current herd is the result of selection and culling of inferior animals, with the result that we now offer top-quality fiber producers, a wide genetic base and ABSENCE of INFECTIOUS DISEASE