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The Boer or Boerbok is a South African breed of meat goat. [2] It was selectively bred in the Eastern Cape from about 1920 for meat qualities and for the ability to survive by grazing on the thorn veldt of that region. [4]: 363 It has been exported to many countries, and has been used to improve the meat qualities of other breeds. [5]: 10 [3]
Boer Goat Shows allow disbudded goats. [12] Dairy breeds of goats are required to be naturally hornless or disbudded. [13] 4H and FFA show goats must be hornless or blunted so as not to be sharp and dangerous. [14] [15]
Texas is the primary producer of meat goats, representing 38% of US production. [1] Male goats are generally not required for the dairy-goat industry and are usually slaughtered for meat soon after birth. In the UK, approximately 30,000 billy goats from the dairy industry are slaughtered each year. [3]
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North Norfolk District Council employs the goats as natural maintenance operatives who graze on vegetation along the cliffs at Cromer. A herd of eight bagot goats first arrived in April 2016.
Norwegian goat breeds are used for the production of milk, cheese and meat. There are two primary Norwegian goat breeds, the Norwegian milk goat (norsk melkegeit) and the coastal goat (kystgeit). In addition there are smaller herds of Cashmere goats, Angora goats and Boer goats. [1]
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Spanish goats have shown excellent hardiness and have shown themselves to be a low-input goat compared to other meat breeds. Several Spanish goat producers in Texas have been intensively selecting for increased meat production for the past several years. From information obtained from these producers, these "selected" Spanish goats appear to ...
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