Duan

Duan, often written Du'an, refers to a local goat from Du'an Yao Autonomous County and the surrounding karst hills of Guangxi in southern China. It is usually treated as a regional meat or multipurpose landrace, not a globally standardized breed. Flocks are shaped by humid subtropical hills, rocky grazing, and household-level selection, so body size, horn form, and coat color can differ among villages. Its value lies in agility, browsing ability, and dependable kid production where larger livestock are less practical.

Kept in small groups, Duan goats are typically managed on shrubs, grasses, crop byproducts, and seasonal cut forage. The same browsing ability that makes them useful also requires careful stocking rates on fragile slopes, where overgrazing can damage thin soils. Breeding choices usually focus on kid survival, growth, sound feet, and resistance to local parasite pressure. Because the label is thinly documented outside China, buyers and researchers should confirm the exact local strain before making comparisons.

Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Brown, Brown and White, Buckskin, Chamoisee, Cou Blanc, Cou Clair, Cream, Fawn, Gold, Moonspotted, Pinto, Red, Red and White, Roan, Spotted, Sundgau, Swiss Marked, Tan, White