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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]
Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber , meat, dairy products or goatskin .
Goat meat is used in a great number of traditional ceremonies in many parts of Africa. In Kenya, for instance, it is more likely to find a goat slaughtered in many a household, as opposed to a cow or even chicken. Much "choma" or barbecued meat is made with goat meat and is a great delicacy in many parts of the country.
Jamnapari goat in Nepal. Jamnapari, Jamunapari or Jumnapari is an Indian breed of domestic goat originating in Uttar Pradesh. [2] [3] It has been exported to Indonesia, where it is known as the Etawah. [4]: 388 It is bred for both milk and meat. [citation needed] The name is derived from the Yamuna [5] river.
The taste of goat kid meat is similar to that of spring lamb meat; [55] in fact, in the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, and in South Asia, the word 'mutton' denotes both goat and sheep meat. [56] [57] However, some compare the taste of goat meat to veal or venison, depending on the age and
This adorable little goat doesn't have the biggest vocabulary, but he has managed to master the word 'what.' Yep, this video really is one minute and four seconds of a goat saying 'what' -- but ...
The precise ancestral heritage of the Lamancha goat is still unknown, though references to short-eared goats date back as far as records from ancient Persia. [3] [5] Goats from La Mancha, Spain, which are now known as Spanish Murciana, were first exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris [3] in 1904, labeled simply, "La Mancha, Cordoba, Spain."
[3]: 355 By the 1970s, two distinct types had developed: one broad, compact and solid like the original African stock, the other more delicate, much like a dairy goat in miniature. [ 5 ] : 39 The latter became the Nigerian Dwarf , while the former became the American Pygmy, for which a breed society was established in 1975, and a herd book ...