GOAT CATALAN
The Goat Catalan is one of the breeds of Lleida. Since ancient times, lived between the Pyrenees and Montsec, linked to the nomadic culture that crossed.
They breed mostly white robe robust animals, straight profile and broad face. The horns are arched, parallel·Parallel backward and prone to break out.
The races are the result of historical charm that particular type of animal has on a human group. In the case of the Goat Catalan, goat farmers have selected large dimensions, of Truss Incorporated, high resistance to cold and fully adapted to the medium and high mountain. The white color helped to see them from afar.
traditionally, were allocated to the production of goat meat and Crest. the Creston, males castrated in adulthood, were an essential part of the supply meat to Barcelona early twentieth century. During breeding, also profit from the milk for making cheese and cottage cheese.
The historical area of distribution covers mainly the province of Lleida and the adjacent Franja, a region that shares the same culture farming fruit of centuries of transhumance. Despite this, was also present in a small part of central Catalonia and the Barcelona region.
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