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Goat and Pig Breeds

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Goat Breeds

• Goats are kept for:

– Meat production

– Milk production

– Mohair production

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Milk Goat Breeds
• Saanen and Toggenburg are milk goats
• Characteristics of dairy breed goats:
– Have soft skin with smooth coats
– Have rounded rib cage
– Have strong jaws to eat well
– Have strong legs for walking
– Soft and well-attached udders

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Toggenburg Goat

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Saanen Goat

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Meat Breed Goats
• Boer, Savanna and Red Kalahari are meat
goats
• Characteristics of meat goats include:
– Large with heavy carcasses
– Does are medium size and produce more kids
– Muscular with fast growing rate
– Highly fertile and produce multiple kids

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Boer Goat

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Savanna Goat

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Red Kalahari Goat

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Mohair Goat Breeds
• Angora goat is the main mohair goat
• Characteristics include:
– Medium size with long curly coats
– Good browsers
– Sheared up to three times a year
– Does have multiple kids in autumn

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Angora Goat

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Comparison between Mohair and Wool

Mohair Wool
Smooth and glossy Soft and whitish in colour
Mohair fabrics are crease Woollen clothes are crease
resistant resistant
Used in curtains, carpets and Used in clothing, chairs and car
upholstery seat covers

Fibres are have hollow centres Fibres are solid in the centre
Fibres are curly Fibres are wavy

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Pig Breeds
• Pigs are bred for pork and bacon
Indigenous breeds Improved breeds
Short bodies less meat Long bodies more meat
Short hindquarters Heavy hindquarters
Low quality meat High quality meat
Low feed conversion High feed conversion
ratio ratio
High resistance to Low resistance to
diseases diseases
Long hair structure Short hair structure

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Pork Breeds
• Minnesota, Duroc, Large white and Landrace
are examples of pork breeds
• Characteristics include:
– They are well muscled
– Should have good amount of fat over muscles
– Deep, long and wide body
– Slaughtered at weight of 45-55 kg

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Minnesota Pig

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Duroc Pig

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Large White

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Landrace Pig

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Bacon Breeds
• Hampshire and Tamworth are examples of
bacon pigs
• Characteristics include:
– Slaughtered at 80-100 kg in weight
– Medium to large pigs
– Good foragers and grow fast
– Sows have excellent mothering abilities

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Hampshire Pig

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Tamworth Pig

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Thank you

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