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The Saanen is the largest breed of Swiss goat: [5]: 404 billies stand about 90 cm (35 in) at the withers and weigh a minimum of 85 kg (190 lb). [2] It has white skin and a short white coat; some small pigmented areas may be tolerated. [2] It may be horned or hornless, and tassels may be present. The profile may be straight or somewhat concave ...
As of 2011 in the US, broiler chickens has an FCR of 1.6 based on body weight gain, and mature in 39 days. [25] At around the same time the FCR based on weight gain for broilers in Brazil was 1.8. [25] The global average in 2013 is around 2.0 for weight gain (live weight) and 2.8 for slaughtered meat (carcass weight). [26]
This is a list of notable goat dishes, which use goat meat as a primary ingredient. Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). It is often called chevon or mutton when the meat comes from adults, and cabrito, capretto, or kid when from young animals. Worldwide, goat meat is less widely consumed than pork, beef, and ...
Equine nutritionists recommend that 50% or more of a horse's diet by weight should be forages, such as hay [5] " Fodder " refers particularly to foods or forages given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves.
The Anglo-Nubian is a dual-purpose goat, reared both for goat's meat and for milk. Kids fatten quickly for meat production. The milk yield is not as high as in some Swiss goat breeds, but the milk has a higher percentage of fat. Nannies give approximately 3.9 kg of milk per day, with an average fat content of about 4.8%.
Myotonic goats tended to have a lower body mass and a lower FEC, [clarification needed] but a greater PCV than Boer goats. Weaning rates, annual kidding rates, doe retention rates and kid crop weaned were similar in all goats except myotonic goats, which had the lowest FEC compared to other breeds.
Cabrito, which is baby goat, is a typical food of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico; [12] in Italy it is called "capretto". Goat meat can be prepared in a variety of ways, such as being stewed, curried, baked, grilled, barbecued, minced, canned, fried, or made into sausage. Goat jerky is another popular variety.
The era of factory farming in Britain began in 1947 when a new Agriculture Act granted subsidies to farmers to encourage greater output by introducing new technology, in order to reduce Britain's reliance on imported meat. The United Nations writes that "intensification of animal production was seen as a way of providing food security."