Identification of Body Measurement of Marica Goat as Local and Native Goat of South Sulawesi Indonesia

Marica goat is a native goat and genetic resources of livestock at South Sulawesi Indonesia which is includes the category of rare and endangered species according to FAO report. The performance characteristic information of Marica goat are limited. The objective of this research is to describe the basic information of performance characteristics of Marica goat. The limited of 23 heads of Marica goat were collected from Jeneponto, Maros, and Soppeng regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The measurements were done on five age groups for body weight, body length, chest girth, chest depth, wither height, hip height, hip width, thurl width, rump length. The data were analyzed by decriptive statistic analysis and t-test to compare between the body measurements of Marica dan Kacang goat. Results showed that the growth trend of body measurements of Marica and Kacang goat were similar. Marica goat tended slightly bigger and faster of growth at 1 years of age on body length, chest depth, and thurl width and at 2 years of age on hip hight, hip width, thurl width, rump length, and chest girth while since 3 years of age Kacang goat tended more bigger. Homogenity percentage of Marica and Kacang goat were high (CV