The objective of the study was to investigate the phenotypic and genetic variability of health and welfare traits in French dairy goats. A total of 1,977 primiparous goats of Alpine and Saanen breeds, from 14 farms, were involved in the study during the years 2020-2021. Eleven indicators were assessed individually and once for each goat: abscess, arthritis, nasal discharge, ocular discharge, dirty and light soiling hindquarters, lameness, body condition, bag-shaped udder, dehorning issues, hair coat condition, claw issues. For the study, all the indicators were considered as binary traits (0: absence of disorder; 1: presence of disorder). The total number of disorders per animal was defined as the sum of the disorders for the eleven indicators. The disorder frequency ranged between 0.5% and 23% depending on the 11 indicators. Two groups of indicators were observed: those with a frequency lower than 5% (N=7) and those with a frequency about 20% (N=4: dehorning issues, bag-shaped udder, abscess, claw issues). The total number of disorders per goat was 0.94, on average in the total dataset, and ranged between 0 and 5. 40% of goats showed no disorder. Heritabilites were estimated using linear models for 4 traits suspected to be under genetic control and with sufficient frequency (>5%). They ranged between 4% (abscess) and 26% (bag-shaped udder). Arthritis and the total number of disorders had intermediate values (11% and 15%, respectively). These first results suggest that selection may be a potential strategy to improve health and welfare traits in dairy goats.