ANSC 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Russian Don, Turkish Angora, Clostridium
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Goats have a role in the lives of many tennesseans. Large impact on economy and food supply for persons in the tropics and mediterranean. Improved understanding the status of goats within animal agriculture. Usda 2008 meat goats:3. 15 million: tx #1, tn #2, ca #3, ga #4, ok #5. Milk more easily digested than cow"s milk. Project goats: main purpose is to produce show goats. Outstanding male kids will be left intact. Commercial goat production: main goal is to produce meat type kids for slaughter, replacement females. Purebred production: females for other producers, males for other producers, replacement females. Latino number is tennessee 2x since 1990. (cid:862)70% of te(cid:374)(cid:374)essee produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) goes northeast (pri(cid:373)aryily musli(cid:373) / e(cid:373)titi(cid:272) populatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Big ears, any color (often tan- black) Probably most widely used dairy breed in us. Brush goat of mixed origins (often containing nubian influences) 160% kid crop (typically have more than one kid. Widely used i(cid:374) tn to upgrade (cid:862)(cid:271)rush goats(cid:863)
