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The British primitive goat is a landrace of domestic goat native to Great Britain and Ireland, and is the original goat of the region. [ 1] It is considered a rare breed, [ 1] existing as several, isolated feral herds, [ 2] as some captive populations in zoological parks and nature reserves, [ 1][ 3] and breeding stock on some private farms ...
The myotonic goat or Tennessee fainting goat is an American breed of goat. It is characterised by myotonia congenita, a hereditary condition that may cause it to stiffen or fall over when excited or startled. [ 1]: 396 [ 2][ 3] It may also be known as the fainting goat, falling goat, stiff-legged goat or nervous goat, or as the Tennessee wooden ...
Following the unification of BBC News for UK viewers and international viewers in April 2023, the programme continues to be simulcast only on the UK feed while international viewers get BBC World News America at the same time slot instead. [7] The presentation after the merge remains identical except for the new titles with chameleon-style ...
Breed Standards. The British Alpine is a large goat in appearance. They are normally black with white Swiss markings, however sometimes a fully black animal may occur, often known as "all black" or "black Saanen" goats. This is due to a recessive gene. British Alpine goats have a typical "wedge" shape that is predominant in some other breeds of ...
Dairy goats in their peak milk production (generally around the third or fourth lactation cycle) average—2.7 to 3.6 kg (6 to 8 lb)—of milk production daily—roughly 2.8 to 3.8 L (3 to 4 U.S. qt)—during a ten-month lactation, producing more just after freshening and gradually dropping in production toward the end of their lactation.
Alpine ibex. The Alpine ibex ( Capra ibex ), also known as the steinbock, is a European species of goat that lives in the Alps. It is one of ten species in the genus Capra and its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. The Alpine ibex is a sexually dimorphic species; males are larger and carry longer horns than females.
In 1965 the Golden Guernsey was exported to Great Britain and the English Golden Guernsey Club, later to become the Golden Guernsey Goat Society, was formed. [7] The Golden Guernsey is an endangered breed: it was listed by the FAO as "endangered-maintained" in 2007. [1] : 120 In 2019 the population numbers reported to DAD-IS were 1381 for the ...
A new look across all of BBC News television output on 10 May 1999 meant that for the first time all the main bulletins on BBC One had the same look, the only exception being the title of the programme. At this time Anna Ford took over as the main presenter of the bulletin in 1999, staying until her retirement from newsreading in April 2006.