Ahmed Abi Abdi Warsame - Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Gulu University, Uganda.
Benson Turyasingura - Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Kabale University, Uganda.

The goal of this research was to define the phenotypic characteristics of Sudanese desert goats, as well as the morphological traits of desert goats, in order to develop community-based breeding programs. Weight tape was used to take phenotypic measures of ۶۰ desert goats on the college animal production farm. Coat color (black ۳۱.۶ percent, white ۱۰%, brown ۱۸.۳۳ percent, mixture ۴۰ percent), head profile (exerted shape۱۰۰ percent), back shape (straight۸۰ percent, curve۱۱.۶ percent), ear form (drop۱۰۰ percent), horn orientation (backward۹۷.۶۷ percent, polled۳ percent), beard (presence۷۱.۶ percent, absence۲۸.۳۳ percent), toggle (presence۸.۳۳ percent, absence۹۱.۶ percent), muzzle (pigment۳۸.۳ percent, absence۹۱.۶ percent) (absence۱۰۰ percent ). Body weight (mean body weight ۲۴.۲۴), height at withers (mean height at withers ۶۶.۴۳), body length (mean body length ۵۶.۹۸), heart girth (mean heart girth ۶۸.۴۵), ear length (mean ear lenth۱۹.۲۸), rump width (mean rump width۱۴.۳۳), and tail length (mean tail length۱۳.۳۵) variables were among the quantitative traits were processed and documented. Desert goats were first discovered in the north Kordofan state, in the village of Abu Zabad. Significant variances in phenotypic measurements were found among all indigenous desert goats, and the findings of this study add to the phenotypic data of indigenous Sudanese desert goats.The goal of this research was to define the phenotypic characteristics of Sudanese desert goats, as well as the morphological traits of desert goats, in order to develop community-based breeding programs. Weight tape was used to take phenotypic measures of ۶۰ desert goats on the college animal production farm. Coat color (black ۳۱.۶ percent, white ۱۰%, brown ۱۸.۳۳ percent, mixture ۴۰ percent), head profile (exerted shape۱۰۰ percent), back shape (straight۸۰ percent, curve۱۱.۶ percent), ear form (drop۱۰۰ percent), horn orientation (backward۹۷.۶۷ percent, polled۳ percent), beard (presence۷۱.۶ percent, absence۲۸.۳۳ percent), toggle (presence۸.۳۳ percent, absence۹۱.۶ percent), muzzle (pigment۳۸.۳ percent, absence۹۱.۶ percent) (absence۱۰۰ percent ). Body weight (mean body weight ۲۴.۲۴), height at withers (mean height at withers ۶۶.۴۳), body length (mean body length ۵۶.۹۸), heart girth (mean heart girth ۶۸.۴۵), ear length (mean ear lenth۱۹.۲۸), rump width (mean rump width۱۴.۳۳), and tail length (mean tail length۱۳.۳۵) variables were among the quantitative traits were processed and documented. Desert goats were first discovered in the north Kordofan state, in the village of Abu Zabad. Significant variances in phenotypic measurements were found among all indigenous desert goats, and the findings of this study add to the phenotypic data of indigenous Sudanese desert goats.

Phenotypic, Characterization, Desert goat, Breeding program, Sudanese breeds