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  2. Nigerian Dwarf goat - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian Dwarf twins. The Nigerian Dwarf was originally bred for show and as a companion animal. It was later also bred for dairy use. [2] Average milk yield of dairy stock is 340 kg (750 lb) per year; [9]: 284 a yield of 993 kg (2190 lb) in a lactation of 305 days was recorded in 2018. [10]: 3 Lactation usually lasts for about ten months. [2]

  3. Nigora - Wikipedia

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    As with the Pygora breed, the fiber is classified into three types, A, B and C, depending on the length and type of the fibers. [5]: 358 Type A is Angora-type mohair, long and lustrous; type B is "cashgora", which combines mohair with cashmere-type undercoat and is of medium length; type C is like cashmere and is shorter.

  4. No kidding! Nashville Zoo celebrates the arrival of four baby ...

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    The Nashville Zoo has welcomed four baby nigerian dwarf goats, the first pair were born on March 23 and the second pair were born on March 27. The baby goats can be seen at the Zoo's Historic Farm.

  5. American Pygmy - Wikipedia

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    Between about 1930 and 1960 a variety of small goats of the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa were imported from zoos in Germany to the United States, to be exhibited in zoos or used as research animals. [3]: 355 [5]: 40 Some came into the hands of private breeders who kept and bred them as companion animals.

  6. West African dwarf goat - Wikipedia

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    West African Dwarf goats are important in the rural village economy of West Africa. Nigerian West African Dwarf goats are trypanotolerant (they resist to infections by Trypanosoma) and haemonchotolerant (they resist infections with the gastrointestinal parasite nematode Haemonchus contortus more effectively than other breeds of domestic goat). [5]

  7. List of goat breeds - Wikipedia

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    Different breeds of goats are adapted to different livestock systems - from small herds of 3-5 heads on meager grazing to large intensive livestock farms, from year-round grazing to fully stable housing, with many intermediate variations between them. Goats are a source of several types of products, of which the main ones are milk, meat and ...

  8. Pygmy (UK goat breed) - Wikipedia

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    [3]: 402 Regardless of their actual origins, the former was known as the 'Cameroon' and the latter as the 'Nigerian'. [3]: 402 In 1982 the varying types were merged into a single breed. A breed society – the Pygmy Goat Club – was formed, [3]: 403 and a herd-book started.

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    For an artificial Christmas tree that’s attractive, festive, and easy to set up, our top pick is the Balsam Hill Classic Blue Spruce. This tree comes in a wide range of sizes, from as small as 4 ...