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The Anglo-Nubian is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a convex profile. Billy. The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat.It originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding between native British goats and a mixed population of large lop-eared goats imported from India, the Middle East and North Africa.
Anglo-Nubian goat and kid at St Werburghs City Farm, Bristol, England. Date: Taken 2nd May 2015. Source: My own photo, taken with a Panasonic FZ200. Author: Myself (Adrian Pingstone). Permission (Reusing this file)
Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber, meat, dairy products or goatskin. Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several ...
He is known for developing the Alaminos Anglo Dairy Line (AADL) and Anglo-Saanen Crosses, a breed of dairy goats which are commercially viable in the wet-dry tropical climate of the Philippines. Almeda produced the crosses by breeding purebred a Saanen doe imported from Australia with an Anglo-Nubian buck imported from the United States. [1]
The Old Irish landrace goat is present in the Burren mountains, although fewer than 10% of the remaining feral herd (an estimated 250) is believed to be purebred, due to crossbreeding with Anglo-Nubian and Swiss imports. [12] [13] [14] Recent DNA profiling has verified that this population is genetically distinct from other strains of goat.
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The Nashville Zoo has grown its family of Nigerian dwarf goats by four sweet, furry members. On March 23, a pair of male goats were born to Luisa and on March 27 a second pair of males were born ...
Near Llanfachraeth, on Anglesey. The British Alpine is a British breed of dairy goat bred in the early twentieth century. It is black with white Swiss markings on the face.. The foundation stock included a nanny with this colouration acquired in Paris in 1903 and goats of other breeds, probably including the Swiss Grisons Striped and Toggenburg and the now-extinct Sundgau of Alsace, as well as ...