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Population (Capri-IA 2006 / FCL 2007)

Controlled population 141 911

Number of first inseminations 44 800

Milking performances(FGE data)

Days in Milk 271 days

Average milk yield 796 kg

Fat 37.2 g/kg

Protein 32.3 g/kg

Performances Goats ot the GENE-PLUS Selection Basis Dams of Bucks

Number of goats 68 790 600

Days in Milk 290 days 293 days

Average Milk Production 892 kg 1 155 kg

Protein 32.1 g/kg 34.4 g/kg

Fat 37.1 g/kg 39.3 g/kg

Presentation of ERSIA France Alpine Goats

Presentation of the breed and key figures :

The ALPINE, The most common breed in France (60% of the females registered at the Official Milk Control

organisation), is an animal of average size; the females are the good milk yielders. It is a goat with close-

cropped hair, often towed colour. Rustic, the Alpine breed is well adapted to both off-grazing production

system and pasture. This breed is exported with success in various areas in Africa, in the Middle-East and

in Asia

The Advantages of ERSIA FRANCE Alpines :

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Thanks to our partnership with the National Selection Organisation CAPGENES, our selection scheme based on Progeny

Testing is unique and is considered as the most efficient and reliable system worldwide.

CAPGENES leads the National Selection Program in which take part 1 000 goat breeders and nearly 170 000 Genes+ goats

registered in the Official Milk Control Organisation.

A double selection objective: Milk and Type

The objectives of selection program consist in improving the dairy production both qualitatively and in quantity, the

functional morphology of the goats and their reproductive qualities: fertility, prolificacy, rusticity, precocity.

The selection criteria are the quality of milk, the quantity and percentage of protein and fat. These criteria are gathered in

an economic synthetic index (caprine combined Index: ICC) adapted to the French technical - economic conditions.

Concerning the Type results, information is treated through a national database covering more than 150 000 goats

controlled on 22 morphological posts: gauge, members, udder and teats. The Composite Type Index (IMC) gathers these

results.

The Selection program is based on :

Progeny testing of bucks chosen on pedigree. The bucks are indexed according to the results of their daughters

(30 with 50 per male)

Large diffusion of genetic progress through natural mating by bucks issued from Artificial Insemination (AI) as a

complement to semen from AI Bucks

The 70 000 inseminations carried out each year allows to Progeny test in farms 70 bucks (retained among those tested in

the Individual Control Station), a unique program worldwide.

The data collected on the farms is used by the INRA to calculate indexes according to multi-criteria BLUP animal model.

Only the goats presenting the best indexes are approved for the AI (40 goats per year).

AI allowed goat breeders in France to add 100 kg to the average dairy production per goat in 8 years..

This genetic progress is available to international goat breeders thanks to exports of semen and

embryos, result of the close cooperation between CAPGENES and SERSIA FRANCE.

Several crossings between Alpine or Saanen goats and local breeds of foreign countries made it possible to

highlight an improvement of the dairy performances of the goats crossbreds but also an increase the speed

of growth of the kids

Example of crossing of the Alpine goats on the Rwandameat breed (young males)

Birth weight Weight at 30 days ADG (g/d)

Local breed F1 Local F1 Difference Local F1 Difference

3,2 3,1 5,1 7,5 +47% 63 149 +137%

In Vietnam, crossing realized between the Bach Tao dairy breed and the Saanen and Alpine produced animals

with definitely higher growth rates than the Bach Tao. The ADG was higher by 35 to 45 %.

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