Goats output the greatest amount of energy for any agricultural animal for their relative size

N.S.W. Branch Dairy Goat Society of Australia inc.

Characteristics

Placid natured and intelligent

Robust and disease resistant

Suited to the continents variable weather conditions. Performs in conditions ranging from cold to subtropical

History

Recognized in 1995 as an experimental breed and  as a individual breed in 2000. “Mel” is from melanin or black pigment and “aan” is from Saanen. It originated from the highly regarded Saanen buck Thundersley Vanquisher that was imported from England in 1943.  It carried the recessive black gene probably from cross breeding in England with the Black Spanish Granada or Murican Dairy. It has not been uncommon for other unrelated  Toggenburg and British Alpine breeds to present this recessive gene and such examples  have been used to strengthen this new breed.