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10 Cards in this Set
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Alpine |
-domesticated goat -good milking abilities -medium size, horned, dish-face, erect ears |
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Boer |
-goat developed in South Africa, early 1900s -bred for meat production -white bodies with distinctive brown heads -long, pendulous ears -high fertility rates, superior mothering skills |
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Nubian |
-domesticated goat, large in size -carries more flesh than any other dairy breed -markings can be any color, ears long, floppy and pendulous -very round nose, known as "roman nose" |
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Pygmy |
-domesticated miniature goat (has horns) -occasionally bred for milk production and labor -can adapt to virtually any setting |
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Toggenburg |
-oldest registered goat breed, originated in Switzerland -medium in size, relatively low butterfat content (2-4%) -Swiss marked pattern with varied dilutions -solid color varying from light to chocolate brown -distinct white markings |
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Angora |
-very fluffy looking, horned
-breed of domesticated goat named for Ankara, Turkey -produce lustrous fibers known as mohair |
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LaMancha |
-member of capra genus, specifically capra hircus -formally recognized white dairy goat |
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Oberhasli |
-modern american breed of hornless diary goat
-derives from hornless subtype of Chamois colored goat -imported to U.S. in 1936 |
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Saanen |
-white colored with horns
-largest of goat dairy breed, one of the largest milk producers |
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