breed reported in geographic location Latvijas Vietējā, Latvia (Goat) https://www.fao.org/dad-is The breed is formed at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century from local, presumably Bezoargoats, crossing them with the Russian local breed males and Megrel males that were imported from Vitebsk region in Russia. From 1900 to 1905 Toggenburg goats and Thuringian goats were imported from Germany, but from France √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Alpine goats. Improvement of the breed resumed in 1989 -1994, when 66 Saanen breed females and 4 males were imported from the Republic of Czechoslovakia to improve milk productivity of local goats. In the course of targeted work Latvian Native goat breed has been developed into the breed with high reproductive ability, relatively good growth rate, excellent meat quality and high resistance to different diseases. Latvijas Vietējā The concept of “breed reported in geographic location by FAO National Coordinators” is unique to DAD-IS (https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/). This VBO term should therefore be used specifically for the breed conforming to this concept. VBO:0009699 Latvian Local Goat breed Sabrina Toro