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Small Ruminants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where were sheep and goats originally domesticated? | Ancient Mesopotamia (Zargos mountain range for goats) |
| When were sheep originally domesticated? | 9,000 BC |
| When were goats originally domesticated? | 8,000 BC |
| What were sheep descended from? | Mouflons |
| What were goats descended from? | Bezoar Ibex |
| Why were sheep domesticated? | Meat, milk, hides, wool |
| Why were goats domesticated? | Meat and milk |
| Scientific name for goats | Family: Bovidae, Genus: Capra, Species: Capra hircus |
| Scientific name for sheep | Family: Bovidae, Genus: Ovus, Species: Ovus aries |
| How did sheep come to America? | Through Columbus in 1493 and Cortez in 1519 |
| Where are Merino sheep bred? | Spain |
| Where are Rambouillet sheep bred? | France |
| Where are Churro sheep bred? | The New World |
| How many sheep on there globally? | 1.4 billion |
| How many goats are there globally? | 1.2 billion |
| Top 3 sheep producing countries | China, India, Australia |
| Top 3 goat producing countries | India, China, Nigeria |
| Top 5 US states with sheep | Texas, California, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah |
| Top 5 US states with milking goats | Wisconsin, California, Iowa, Texas, New England States |
| Top 5 US states with meat goats | Texas, Oklahoma, California, Missouri, Tennessee |
| How many sheep are there in the US | 5 million |
| What were sheep previously raised for? | Wool |
| What are sheep currently raised for? | Meat, lanolin, milk, wool pellets, sausage casings, fashion |
| How much goat milk stays milk? | 25% |
| What is goat milk turned into? | Cheese, soap, yogurt, lotion |
| What goats are used for fiber? | Angora and Cashmere goats |
| Which way is the small ruminant market trending? | Downward |
| What else can goats be used for? | Hides and leather, pack animals, brush control |
| When and why did sheep industry peak? | 1940s, WW2 uniform production |
| Why is the sheep market going down? | Synthetic fibers, people don't eat lamb, fierce competition |
| Who eats lamb? | People who raise them, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, foodies, people who like it |
| Why don't most Americans eat lamb? | Gamey taste, expensive, hard to cook, only for special occasions, more focused on beef and chickens |
| Top two sheep markets | Australia, New Zealand |
| What are the main advantages Australia and New Zealand have over the US? | Uniform breeds and products, long history, consistent climate and terrain, high volume processing plants, good marketing |
| Why does the US have less land than Australia and New Zealand? | Not a lot of public land in the US |
| Why do most US sheep farmers not sell wool? | More expensive to shear the animal than the profit of the wool |
| Why is the wool market poor in the US? | Synthetic fibers, lots of competition, prices are unpredictable, limited processing facillites (TX and NC) |
| What are hair sheep? | Sheep with thinner wool that is more like a normal pelt |
| Why are hair sheep on the rise? | Don't require shearing, heat tolerant, parasite resistant, better for hobby farmers, meat prices are higher than wool |
| Who eats goat? | Hispanics, Middle Easterners, Southeast Asians, Carribeans |
| What are the nutritional benefit of eating goats? | Low in calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium but high in iron and potassium |
| How is the goat industry trending? | Steadily upwards |
| Who drinks goat milk? | Infants, lactose intolerant people (kind of) |
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