This paper describes the zootechnical characteristics of the Pastoreño creole goat, representing the caprine population of the Low Mixteca region of Oaxaca State, Mexico.
These animals characteristically produce fattened goats for traditional slaughter at Christmas, to elaborate a typical dry meat product known as Chito. At present the exact individual population of this breed is not known. Those registered as Creoles in the animals census in general are known. This breed however has particular productive and morphological characteristics which make them very different from other creole caprines in the rest of the state and the country. Information on their distribution, origin, morphological characteristics, handling and productive systems is presented in this paper.
