A case of a sheep-goat hybrid in New Zealand

I A Stewart-Scott; P D Pearce; H F Dewes; J W Thompson

doi:10.1080/00480169.1990.35605

A case of a sheep-goat hybrid in New Zealand

N Z Vet J. 1990 Apr;38(1):7-9. doi: 10.1080/00480169.1990.35605.

Authors

I A Stewart-Scott¹, P D Pearce, H F Dewes, J W Thompson

Affiliation

¹ Biotechnology Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

PMID: 16031565
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1990.35605

Abstract

The natural mating of a doe with a ram produced a female hybrid which had 57 chromosomes, including three metacentric autosomes. We believe this to be the first authenticated report of a sheep-goat hybrid in New Zealand.