Oberhasli goat

Other namesSwiss Alpine
Country of originOriginated in the Swiss Alps. Brought over to United States in 1900s.
StandardADGA/AGS
Usemilk
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    68 kg (150 lb)
  • Female:
    54 kg (120 lb)
Height
  • Male:
    76 cm (30 in)
  • Female:
    71 cm (28 in)
Wool colorchamoisée, brown with black dorsal stripe and lower legs
Face colorbrown with black stripes
Horn statushorned or polled
Notes
Website: Oberhasli Breeders of America
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Oberhasli is a modern American breed of dairy goat. It derives from the subtype of Chamois Colored Goat from the Oberhasli district of the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland. All purebred members of the breed descend from five Chamois Colored Goats imported to the United States in 1936. A breeder's association was formed in 1977, and a herdbook established in the following year. Until then, goats of this type had been known as Swiss Alpine, and interbred with Alpine goats of other types.