Goats
Environmental materials
Rough "blank" will keep hooves properly formed
Texas
Spanish goats came to America with the early Spanish explorers and roamed wild through "blank" and Oklahoma before domestication.
Fiber
Texas leads the meat and blank totals with approximately one million head
New Zealand
The Giko breed originated where before it was selected for commercial traits.
Dairy
The demand for natural and wholesome products has sparked growth in "blank" goat production.
Boer
The importation of what goat allowed the American goat industry to produce a muscular, large framed animal that excelled in gain efficiency.
Pasture Grazing
The least intensive avenue of production is simply "blank" where goats depend solely on pasture forages for nutrition.
Elastrader
The most widely used form of goat castration utilizes a "blank"
Guard
Cashmere is retained after removing the coarse outer coat or "blank" hair from a combed sample.
parasitic
Diseases can occur from poor nutrition, infections, and serving as "blank" hosts
grazing
Goats are finding a home in areas of the United States where rangeland is too rough or blank is too thin to sustain cattle or sheep
low-quality
Goats have the ability to efficiently convert blank forages into meat and milk
Outside elements
Goats prefer to in or near a shelter during the night, therefore a shelter should provide protection from...?
Cape
Goats shorn during the fall or winter months should be left with a "blank" or strip of mohair down their neck and back
Forages
Goats will typically consume around three to five percent of their body weight in "blank" each day
Religious Dishes
Growth in the United States ethnic population continues to create a demand for this protein source in festive and blank
2
How many sets of kids are boer goats capable of producing?
high butter fat content
La Mancha is a hardy breed that is capable of producing large amounts of milk with...?
Bloodless
Many producers prefer "blank" means of dehorning such as disbudding.
Smoother
Mohair tends to be "blank" than wool and has built in shrink resistance maintaining size and form.
Cross breeding programs
Nubians make a suitable component in many market...?
Wether
castrated male goat
2.5 million
goats are used for meat, milk and mohair production
Ketosis
is caused by rapidly matabilizing fat
Myotonia
occurs from an abnormality in the chloride channels of muscle cells
Enterotoxemia
overeating disease
Ruminants
Goats are classified as what? Meaning they have a four compartment stomach
Cashmere
A goat fiber that has seen expanded interest throughout the years.
seasonal
Angoras are WHAT KIND of breeders and are not as prolific as other breeds?
Depredation
To avoid "blank" in a herd producers can utilize fencing, penning animals at night and the use of guard animals.
Cud
What do goats chew routinely until the forages are small enough to pass through the remaining compartments of the stomach?
Scratch wire
What is an extra string of barbed wire, located a few feet from the ground?
Mohair
What production began after the Civil War when ranchers introduced goats to the state.
Disbudding
What usually takes place on young animals when their horns are small or are still buds?
Taggenburg Valley of Switzerland
Where did the oldest dairy breed originate?
Left
Which ear identifies the actual animals id?
Right
Which ear identifies the operation that owns the animal?