"SABURAI", A NEW RACE OF GOAT IS BORN

Through human-made insemination method, a new race of goat was successfully born in Lampung province, Sumatera Indonesia. The goat is developed by assimilating Ettawa race or PE with male Boer. PE is an Indian milking-goat brought to Indonesia in the 1800s from the Netherland. The race is however cultivated by farmers as meating-goat.

Director of Animal Health Sub-office of Cattle-breeding Department Lampung province, E Kasman Sunaryo, said that the Boer was taken from Australia in 2001. The birth of Saburai is a great success after the failures in 1986 and 1989. The switch of use by farmers to the goat is not beneficial. PE only produces 30 percents of meat while Boer 50 percents. By assimilating them, Saburai produces more meat and it benefits the farmers financially.