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The Toulouse is a French breed of large domestic goose, originally from the area of Toulouse in south-western France. Two types are recognised: a heavy industrial type with dewlaps , the French : Oie de Toulouse à bavette ; [ 7 ] and a slightly lighter agricultural type without dewlaps, the French : Oie de Toulouse sans bavette . [ 6 ]
Pomeranian geese with goslings The Pomeranian goose (German: Pommerngans , [ 1 ] French: L'oie de Poméranie [ 2 ] ), also known as the Rügener goose , [ 1 ] is a breed of domestic goose . Although only an officially recognized breed since 1912, [ 1 ] this fowl was developed by Northern German farmers of Pomerania as early as 1500. [ 3 ]
The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob. [ 1 ] Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose , originated in hybrids between these species (the hybrid males are usually fertile – see Haldane's Rule ).
Traditionally, foie gras was produced from special breeds of geese. However, by 2004, geese accounted for less than 10% of the total global foie gras production [52] and by 2014 only 5% of total French production. [53] Goose breeds used in modern foie gras production are primarily the grey Landes goose (Anser anser) [53] and the Toulouse goose.
Geese have also been strongly selected for fecundity, with females laying up to 500 eggs per year, compared to 5–12 eggs for a wild goose. [3] [5] As most domestic geese display little sexual dimorphism, sexing is based primarily on physical characteristics and behaviour. Males are typically taller and larger than females, and have longer ...
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This Toulouse Geese article is in need of a photograph of the breed. The image on the page is O.K. but is in fact scanned from a label of Tinned Duck Pate. If anyone can help by up-loading a decent photo of the Geese I am sure the page would look a lot better. 21st December 2006 Stavros1 20:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Bahaha.
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