Goats: Breeds and characteristics

This is a little guide to learn more the world of goats

There are about 30 races. Each goat has different characteristics can be goat milk, goat meat and goat wool.

The Goat or Capra, have attributed a distinction of representation. In the West, especially in ancient Greece known as the goat represented the fertility of the harvest, so the god "Pan".

These are all species and subspecies of goats

Capra aegagrus - common wild
Capra aegagrus-Bezoar aegagrus
Capra aegagrus blythi - the desert of Sindh
Capra aegagrus chialtanensis-de Chialtan
Capra aegagrus creticus - wild Cretan Kri-Kri or
Capra hircus aegagrus - domestic (traditional C. hircus)
Capra aegagrus Turkman - Bearded Turkestan
Capra caucasica - Caucasian Tur West
Capra cylindricornis - East Caucasian Tur
Capra falconeri - markhor
Capra falconeri heptnerni - Bukhara markhor
Capra falconeri chialtanensis - markhor of Chialtan
Capra falconeri megaceros - horned markhor straight
Capra falconeri jerdoni - Suleiman markhor
Capra ibex - Alpine Ibex
Capra Nubian - Nubian Goat
Capra pyrenaica - Ibex
Capra pyrenaica hispanica - Ibex Levantine
Capra pyrenaica lusitanica - Portuguese or Mueyu Ibex († 1892)
Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica - Pyrenean Ibex or Bucardo of († 2000)
Capra pyrenaica victoriae - Gredos Ibex
Capra sibirica - Siberian ibex
Capra sibirica alaiana - Ibex in Kyrgyzstan
Capra sibirica hagenbecki - Mongolian Ibex
Capra sibirica hemalayanus - Himalayan ibex
Capra sibirica Sakeena - Kashmir ibex
Capra sibirica sibirica - the Altai ibex
Capra Wali - Ibex Ethiopian

Here are the best-known goat

ALPINE GOAT

The Alpine is a Swiss. Most of them are white with black and white and brown, but can you got other colors.

The ears are erect and their horns are medium and lean back. The objective of this goat is producing milk.

ANGLONUBIAN GOAT

This breed of goat has its origin in the UK, is a breed of goat milk producing high amounts of fat.
These animals are thin and of medium size, with long ears, wide and falls, the hair is short and the color can be black, tan and red, although it is common that these colors are spotted with white. Your milk has a high content of fat, making it excellent for cheese production.

ANGORA GOAT

They originate from Angora (Asia Minor). The main feature is her hair or mohair, which is very similar to wool in chemical composition, but differs in that it is thinner and smooth.

BOER

It is also known as Africander / Afrikander, common goat of South Africa. The breed is a type native BOER improved, with influence of some European breeds, Angora goats and goats Indicas.

The white gene in their body is their dominant feature. Another variety is the layer BOER brown coat color that is completely uniform throughout the body. The BOER are robust structure, good height, short hair, long ears and a horned head.

The Boer meat is excellent, it contains no cholesterol and fat concentrated extract is significantly lower than that of beef.

Saanen goats

This breed originated in Switzerland in the mountains, the valley of Saanen. It is considered the quintessential DAIRY goat breed.

Has Ears short, straight horns may or may not. His coat is white, thin skin tronpa pink spots may also appear black on ears and udders.

Its development is better in cold weather because they are heat sinsibles by its white color that can not withstand solar radiation.