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  2. Goat - Wikipedia

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    The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran ...

  3. Boer goat - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. List of goat breeds - Wikipedia

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    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. Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several ...

  5. Pastebin - Wikipedia

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    A pastebin or text storage site [1] [2] [3] is a type of online content-hosting service where users can store plain text (e.g. source code snippets for code review via Internet Relay Chat (IRC)). The most famous pastebin is the eponymous pastebin.com .

  6. Wild West (role-playing game) - Wikipedia

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    Wild West is a system of skill-based character rules that is set in the American western frontier of the mid-19th century. [1]To create a character, the player chooses an occupation such as cattle baron, gambler, dentist, shepherd or lawman, and then adds applicable skills from a list of forty-five [2] that includes Marksmanship, Locksmithing, Weather Forecasting and Mule Skinning.

  7. Alpine ibex - Wikipedia

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    Compared with most other wild goats, the species has a wide, shortened snout. Adaptations for climbing include sharp, highly separated hooves and a rubbery callus under the front feet. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Both male and female Alpine ibexes have large, backwards-curving horns with an elliptical cross-section and a trilateral-shaped core.

  8. American Pygmy - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  9. Feral goats in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Meat for export is the main product from feral goats. Some live feral goats are also exported. Goat skin is a by-product. [12] Recently, feral goats have been crossed with the South African Boer goat to produce a heavier animal for export. [1] According to Meat & Livestock Australia, 2,364,307 goats were slaughtered in Australia in 2023. The ...