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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]
meat [citation needed] Beetal: Punjab region: meat, milk Belgian Fawn: Belgium milk Benadir Southern Somalia meat, milk Bhuj Northeastern Brazil meat, milk Bilberry: Waterford: Bionda dell'Adamello: Lombardy: milk Black Bengal: India, Bangladesh meat, goatskin Boer: Africander, Afrikaner South Africa meat British Alpine: England milk Brown ...
Females can breed as young as six months old, but often don't breed until age 1-3. [6] Studies suggest that some Nubian ibex subpopulations are developing a second mating season in the spring, in response to hyper-arid climates. [41] Gestation lasts 5 months. Litters of 1-2 kids are born between March and July, although the majority of births ...
This page presents a list of goat breeds used for the production of meat. Many of those breeds listed below are dual-purpose, that is they are also used for the production of milk or fiber . These have been cross-categorized under Category:Dairy goat breeds and Category:Fiber-producing goat breeds .
The Anglo-Nubian is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a convex profile. Billy. The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat.It originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding between native British goats and a mixed population of large lop-eared goats imported from India, the Middle East and North Africa.
This is a list of goat breeds usually considered to have developed in Canada and the United States. The goat is not indigenous to North America, so none of them is exclusively American. The goat is not indigenous to North America, so none of them is exclusively American.
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."
Jamnapari meat is said to be low in cholesterol. [8] During the winter they spend more than 90% of their time grazing, although this falls to around 55% in the hot Indian summer. The breed browses on bushes, tree leaves and the top of grasses rather than typical ground grazing. [6] Their mean heart rate was found to be 127 ± 3.46 in one study. [9]