Caprine Industry Flashcards
Leading goat dairy state
Leading meat goat state
Wisconsin
Texas
X number of dairy goats in U.S. produced Y amount of milk (USDA 2012)
400,000 , 23 million lbs
Number of goats raised for Mohair
107,000
Oldest dairy goat breed, with a record of 7965 lbs milk production
Toggenburg
Toggenburg (goat breed) is the _____
The record for milk production is _____
Oldest dairy goat breed
7965 lbs
Most numerous dairy goat breed in U.S., with low milk quantity and high butterfat %
Nubian
Nubian (goat breed) is the _____ _____ dairy breed, whose milk is ____ ______ with ____ ______
Most numerous dairy breed, low milk quantity with high butterfat %
Goat Breed with no dewlap and erect ears
French alpine
French Alpine (goat breed) list two physical characteristics
No dewlap
Erect ears
When were goats domesticated
12000 years ago
How many goats in the US today
3 million
Wisconsin is the leading ____ goat state
Texas is the leading ____ goat atate
Dairy
Meat
Toggenburg goats have what coloration and other identifying features? (4 answers)
Light to dark chocolate coloring
Leg and rump white
2 white stripes down face
Wattles
What goat breed has light to dark chocolate coloring, wattles, two white stripes down the face, and white legs and rump?
Toggenburg
Nubian goats are a mix of what breeds?
List four physical characteristics
British x Egyptian x Indian
Pendulant ears, roman nose
Unusually short haired
Polled
What goat breed is a mix of British, Egyptian, and Indian breeds?
Nubian
What goat breed has pendulant ears, a roman nose, are unusually short haired, and are polled?
Nubian
Saanen goats are the _______ ______ goat breed, known as the “______ of _____ goats”.
What kind of milk do they produce?
Largest dairy goat breed
Holsteins of dairy goats
Large amounts of low fat milk
What large dairy goat breed is known as the holsteins of dairy goats, producing large amounts of low fat milk?
Saanen
Saanen goats have what two physical characteristics?
Tufts of hair on bucks
Bucks and does can be bearded
What goat breed has Tufts of hair on the bucks, whose bucks and does can also be bearded?
Saanen
La mancha goats were developed where, in what year?
List two physical characteristics they can have.
1958, in southern California
Gopher ear - 0-1 inch with no cartilage, end of ear must be turned up or down
Elf ear - max of 2 inches, ear must be turned up or down & cartilage shaping ear is allowed