The Oberhasli, also known as Swiss Alpines until 1977, started in the states with the import of four does and one buck by Dr. H.O. Pence in 1936 with former imports by others that would ultimately disappear into other goat breeds.
With such a small gene pool NCF believes one of the biggest threats to this breed in the USA is inbreeding depression.
Oberhasli as of 2014 were on average 30% inbred with current ADGA American Line Oberhasli registrations at or above 90% for the breed’s registrations for almost 20 years! The Oberhasli Cluster Analysis and ADGA Genetics Registration Trend’s are the closest the breed has to a census.
Our current Oberhasli does will be bred for ADGA Experimental Oberhasli-correct offspring then bred back up into ADGA American with a focus on lowering the COI average in the breed without sacrificing the breed’s characteristics.