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Goats
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Buck | intact male |
| Doe | female |
| kidding | Giving birth |
| Wether | casterated male |
| Mob | Group of goats |
| The demand for goats are | increasing steadily because importation of a new bred ( boer goat) and the increase of new cultures in the US |
| Goats are mainly used for ........ in the US but has changed | Dairy products like milk, yogurt, cheese |
| Meat goat pop in the US | 79,000 in KY |
| Operations with meat, dairy, or fiber goats | 5,298 in KY |
| 3 main industries | Dairy goats fiber-producing goats meat producing goats |
| Dairy breeds | Alpine Lamancha Nigerian dwarf |
| Meat Breeds | South African Boer Kiko |
| Fiber breeds | Turkish Angora Asian Cashmere |
| Dual breeds | Nubian |
| Pygmy | Africa miniature milk and meat hardy |
| Alpine | France Large frame 2,6000 IBS in a 275-300 day milking period |
| Lamancha | Oregon Extremely small ears small frame 2,300 pounds of milk |
| Nigerian Dwarf | Minature Breed High quality milk with exceptional butter fat content 800+ pounds of milk |
| South African Boer | Lop ears Quality and heavy carcasses reaches puberty early 200% kidding rate |
| Kiko | New Zeeland Developed for fast growth, hardiness and survivability with little to no input from the producers Do well in harsh environments Popular cross breed with bores in commercial neat production |
| Nubaian | England Extended breeding season Long pendulous ears Cross breed for dairy 1,900 pounds of milk |
| Turkish Angora | Turkey Sheared twice a year (About 5 pounds) not hardy ( easily prone to parasites) Not prolific High nutrional requirement |
| Cashmere goat | Fine soft winter coats Combed out or shaved in the spring |
| Myotonic ( fainting goats) | Novelty/ pet crossed with commercial herds to improve muscling Popular in texas The fainting in caused by changes in the ion channels in the muscle cell membranes and has nothing to do with the nervous system Fainting gene is recessive |
| Differences from sheep | No range flocks No wool productions No large processing plants No feedlots Kids are only grown to 70-90 IBS |
| Reproduction | Bucks have scent glands behind ears seasonal breeders |
| Gestation | 145-155 days |
| Estrous | 18-24 days |
| Standing heat | 12-48 hours |
| Mature weights | 75-200+ IBS |
| Age of puberty | 6-9 Months |
| Doe first birth | 12-15 months old |
| Haveres weight for market kids | 60-90 pounds |
| Age of harvest | 5+ months |
| Average production life | 6-8+ years |
| Goats are what type of eaters? | Browers because of they need less concentrates in their feeds |
| What are goat tolerant to that sheep aren't? | Copper |
| Goats milk | More similar to human's milk so that people who can't have cow milk are able to drink this milk because of how it's made up molecularly . |
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Laceyjay2050
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