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Flashcards in Small Ruminant Breeds Deck (26)
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Angora

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  • Goat
  • fiber, mohair
  • not enough milk for production
  • very susceptible to parasites
2
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African Pigmy

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  • Goat
  • dual purpose
  • pets
  • horned
3
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Dwarf Nigerian

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  • Goat
  • large quantity of milk for their size
  • high butterfat content of milk
4
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Nubian

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  • Goat
  • all purpose breed
  • low milk yield, but high in butterfat
  • long, floppy ears
  • Roman nose
  • no horns
5
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Alpine

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  • Goat
  • good milkers, large udders
  • black and white with white stripe down face
  • horned
6
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Olberhaslis

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  • Goat
  • 2 black stripes down face, black muzzle
  • black belly and udder
7
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LaMancha

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  • Goat
  • high butter fat (cheese)
  • short ears
8
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Toggenberg

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  • Goat
  • excellent udder confirmation and high milk production
  • brown with white erect ears and white stripe down face
9
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Saanen

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  • Goat
  • largest milk yield
  • white/cream colored
  • erect ears
  • horned
10
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Kinder

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  • Goat
  • dual purpose: produce milk and heavy carcass
  • developed in Snohomish, WA
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Boer

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  • Goat
  • horned with looped, floppy ears
  • white body with brown or red head
  • early maturing
  • resistant to parasites
12
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Kiko

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  • Goat
  • good producers, multiple kids
  • parasite resistant
13
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Myotonic Goats

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  • meat production

- year-round breeders

14
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Merino

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  • Sheep
  • prized for its wool
  • polled or horned
  • very tall
15
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Rambouillet

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  • Sheep
  • dual purpose
  • very tall
  • cross-breeding from Merino
16
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Suffolk

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  • Sheep
  • most common breed in north america
  • meat sheep
  • black face, open face
  • genetic problems: spider leg, calipyge, scrapes
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Southdown

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  • Sheep
  • produce meaty carcass
  • good quality wool
  • curly white coats, wool on face
  • adapted to varied climates
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Dorset

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  • Sheep
  • prolific lambing
  • fine wool and meat
  • fleece is all white, strong fiber
  • polled and curly horned
19
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Texel

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  • Sheep
  • heavily muscled
  • white face with no wool on head or legs
  • short, wide face with black nose and widely placed short ears
  • black hooves
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Hampshire

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  • Sheep
  • black face with wool
  • larger, coarser, and hardier Southdown
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Romanov

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  • Sheep
  • strong wool
  • adapted to cold climates
  • short tail
  • pure black when born, then change to gray
  • lamb in litters
  • “pure gene”
22
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Friesian

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  • Sheep
  • woolless tail
  • high milk production
  • open white face
  • docile
23
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Jacob

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  • Sheep
  • grown for wool, meat, and hides
  • multi-horned, white and black spots
  • high resistance to parasites and disease
24
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Barbados Black Belly

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  • Sheep
  • lean and mild-flavored meat
  • coarse hair
  • disease and parasite resistant
  • tolerant of heat
25
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Virgin Island White

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  • Sheep

- resistant to internal parasites

26
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Katahdin

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  • Sheep
  • loose wool naturally, do not produce fleece
  • tolerant of parasites