Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The American Pygmy is an American breed of achondroplastic (dwarf) goat. It is small, compact and stockily built. It is small, compact and stockily built. Like the Nigerian Dwarf , it derives from the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa.
The Pygmy is a British breed of dwarf goat. It is small, compact and generally stockily built. It is small, compact and generally stockily built. It was established in the 1980s by fusion of the various miniature goat populations of the United Kingdom into a single breed.
The Nigerian Dwarf, like the American Pygmy Goat, derives from these, but does not resemble the stocky West African Dwarf in conformation – it has been bred to have the appearance of a miniature dairy goat. [4]: 399 [5]: 35 It was at first reared as a show breed and companion animal; selection was for appearance and for docility. [2]
West African Dwarf goats are important in the rural village economy of West Africa. Nigerian West African Dwarf goats are trypanotolerant (they resist to infections by Trypanosoma ) and haemonchotolerant (they resist infections with the gastrointestinal parasite nematode Haemonchus contortus more effectively than other breeds of domestic goat).
African Pygmy" is used for disambiguation from "Asiatic Pygmy", a name applied to the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia. Dembner (1996) reported a universal "disdain for the term 'pygmy ' " among the Pygmy peoples of Central Africa: the term is considered a pejorative, and people prefer to be referred to by the name of their respective ...
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 ...
Goats produce about 2% of the world's total annual milk supply. [63] Dairy goats produce an average of 540 to 1,180 kg (1,200 to 2,600 lb) of milk during an average 284-day lactation. [64] The milk can contain between around 3.5% and 5% butterfat according to breed. [65] Goat milk is processed into products including cheese [66] and Dulce de ...
Abaza goat; Alpina Comune; Alpine goat; Altai Mountain goat; American Lamancha; American Pygmy; Anglo-Nubian goat; Angora goat; Appenzell goat; Argentata dell'Etna; Asmari goat; Aspromonte goat; Australian Cashmere goat; Azpi Gorri