Granadina is a Spanish breed of
goat. It is one of the olderst livestock breeds of Spain, being mentioned in 15th century sources.
Its milk-producing characteristics were documented in 1893 and it was officially recognized in 1933.
However, since 1975, it is considered a variety of the
Murciano-granadina goat
The Murciano-Granadina is a Spanish breed of dairy goat. It was created in 1975 when two existing breeds, the mahogany-coloured Murciana of Murcia and the black Granadina of Granada, began to be hybridised as a result of the official recogni ...
, which is a
cross between the
Murciana goat and the Granadina goat.
Only the Murciano-granadina breed is officially recognized by the
Government of Spain.
Murciano-granadina goats have become the primary milk-producing goat breed in Spain, while the Granadina variety is rare. Its first
germplasm bank was created in 2010 to combat its loss of
genetic diversity
Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species, it ranges widely from the number of species to differences within species and can be attributed to the span of survival for a species. It is dis ...
.
References
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Goat breeds originating in Spain
Dairy goat breeds