The Kanni Adu goat is a meat-type goat found in southern Tamil Nadu, India. The monograph begins with a description of the Kanni Adu's breeding tract: covering topography, soil, climate, land use and vegetation. Further chapters provide descriptions of husbandry practices (feeding, housing and breeding); morphology; production and reproductive performance; cytogenetic, physiological and molecular characteristics; and mortality and disease prevalence. The authors conclude that the breed does not require immediate conservation measures, but that breed improvement programmes and other improvements to management should be considered. Options discussed include initiating an open nucleus breeding scheme, better monitoring of population trends, incentives for sustainable management, establishment of a breed society and a multi-stakeholder breed improvement committee, forage and range development programmes, training and awareness-raising on improved management practices, and improvements to marketing infrastructure.