Food Animal systems Goats

Milk; Short haired, heavy milkers, moderate size

Alpine

Milk; Gopher ear or Elf ear, High component milk, High fat

Lamancha

Milk; mini goat, high prolificacy,;smaller udder/teats

Nigerian Dwarf

Milk; Pendulous ears, Good udder qual, All purpose, England

Nubian

Milk; Heavy milk production, white or light cream, best in cooler conditions

Saanen

Milk; Oldest known dairy goat breed, Medium, Excellent udder, High milk production

Toggenbur

Meat; large, fast growing in us, excellent carcass, 150% kidding rate

Boer

Meat;

Crossbreeding feral does, moderate frame, originated in new zealand

Kiko

Meat; small frame, now more of a companion

Pygmy

Meat; smaller frame size, slow growth, poor milk

Spanish

Meat; texas, tennesseccrossed w boer, low maintenance, rapid growth

TexMaster

Fiber; produces mohair, small, susceptible to parasites

Angora

Fiber; easy to raise, sheared 1 a year, relatively new to us

Cashmere

Fiber; produces fine fiber for hand spinning, smaller size, cross between pygmy and angora

Pygora

Kidding

Giving birth

Buck

Intact male goat

Doe

Female goat that has given birth

Doeling

Female goat that has not given birth

Buckling

Male goat that has not reach sexual maturity

Wether

Castrated male goat

Kid

Young goat

Caprine

Scientific term for goats

Chevon

Term for goat meat