subject: Keeping Goats - Breeding Goat Meat [print this page] Another alternative to learning more about the goats is being familiar with goat breeds. A breed is a crowd of genetically interrelated animals that dependably passes on a particular trait to their own offspring. In the U.S., keeping goat meat is actually produced from numbers of goat breeds, dairy goats are included. Dairy goats, in order for them to produce milk, must kid. Regularly the goat kids are actually slaughtered and then sold for the source of goat meat.
Here are the six famous goat breeds in the United States:
1.Toggenburg, Oberhasli, French Alpine, and Saanen breeds all were developed most especially for the production of milk in mountain range of alpine valleys in Europe called as the Alps. The characteristic of their breeds include erect and short ears, dished and straight faces, and has color patterns that are distinct.
2.The La Mancha was developed from the crossing of a variety of breeds of goats in the US that made them all away from the Europe. They have small ear flaps that look like they were almost earless.
3.The Anglo-Nubians, sometimes called as Nubians, were developed during the colonial times of the British from crossing the British, the Middle East, and the Indian goat breeds. The characteristics of these goats have convex or roman nose, and dangling and long ears.
The Alpine Dams produce lots of milk and tend to give birth to big kids. This is a great advantage when you are thinking of keeping goats for Easter market where you will need to put weight on them quickly. On the other hand, the Alpine kids tend to become leaner as they grow. The reason for this is that the goats have genetically chosen to put the food they intake into the milk rather than to the meat.
On the contrary, the Nubian dams and La Mancha tends to produce less milk and give lower weight kids during birth. The carcasses from the older La Mancha goat and the Nubian kids are fleshier from the Alpine kids even raised them on the same manner. Nevertheless, always keep in mind that there are so many differences within every dairy breed for the production of milk, carcass quality and also weight gain. It is simple to look for a typical Nubian to produce milks. When keeping goat is your goal, it is very important to first evaluate the animal. The Angora and Australian Cashmere are used for making cashmere and mohair clothing are also slaughtered the same as the other goats. Most of the goats are used for the brush control in the US and are slaughtered yearly to give goat meat.
