Boer goat, the Glossary
The Boer or Boerbok is a South African breed of meat goat.[1]
Table of Contents
25 relations: Anglo-Nubian goat, Angora goat, Animal slaughter, Biome, Cape Colony, Conservation grazing, DAD-IS, Eastern Cape, Estrous cycle, Food and Agriculture Organization, Goat, Goat meat, Heredity, Jamnapari, Kiko goat, List of goat breeds, Malabari goat, Nama people, Profit (economics), Selective breeding, Sexual maturity, Sirohi goat, Spanish goat, The Hindu, Veld.
- Goat breeds originating in South Africa
Anglo-Nubian goat
The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat. Boer goat and Anglo-Nubian goat are goat breeds.
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Angora goat
The Angora or Ankara is a Turkish breed of domesticated goat. Boer goat and Angora goat are goat breeds.
Animal slaughter
Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock.
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Biome
A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
Conservation grazing
Conservation grazing or targeted grazing is the use of semi-feral or domesticated grazing livestock to maintain and increase the biodiversity of natural or semi-natural grasslands, heathlands, wood pasture, wetlands and many other habitats.
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DAD-IS
DAD-IS is the acronym for Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, which is a tool developed and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape (iMpuma-Kapa; Oos-Kaap) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.
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Estrous cycle
The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.
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Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
Goat meat
Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra hircus).
Heredity
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.
Jamnapari
Jamnapari, Jamunapari or Jumnapari is an Indian breed of domestic goat originating in Uttar Pradesh. Boer goat and Jamnapari are goat breeds and meat goat breeds.
Kiko goat
The Kiko is a breed of meat goat originating from New Zealand. Boer goat and Kiko goat are goat breeds and meat goat breeds.
List of goat breeds
Goats - farm animals of domestic goat (Capra hircus) species, small ruminants - are widespread throughout the world and are used in almost any natural and climatic conditions, even those where other productive animals cannot live. Boer goat and List of goat breeds are goat breeds.
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Malabari goat
Malabari goats are bred in Malabar district of Kerala, and are sometimes called Tellicherry goats. Boer goat and Malabari goat are goat breeds and meat goat breeds.
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Nama people
Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
Profit (economics)
In economics, profit is the difference between revenue that an economic entity has received from its outputs and total costs of its inputs, also known as surplus value.
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Selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
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Sexual maturity
Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.
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Sirohi goat
The Sirohi is an Indian breed of domestic goat. Boer goat and Sirohi goat are goat breeds.
Spanish goat
The Spanish goat, also called the brush goat or scrub goat, came originally from Spain via Mexico to the United States. Boer goat and Spanish goat are goat breeds and meat goat breeds.
See Boer goat and Spanish goat
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Veld
Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa.
See also
Goat breeds originating in South Africa
- Boer goat
- Kalahari Red
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_goat
Also known as Boer Goats.