Goat Breeds
Name 2 breeds of meat goats
Acceptable answers:
Boer, Boer-cross, Spanish, Kiko, Myotonic (fainting), Pygmy, Savannah, Texmaster, San Clemente Island, Tennessee Meat Goat
Name 2 common byproducts that come from goat's milk.
Acceptable answers:
Cheese, Yogurt, Ice cream, Butter, Bath products (soap, lotion, lip balm, etc.)The name for a person that helps keep your goats healthy and treats them for injuries
Veterinarian
Name 2 breeds of dairy goats
Acceptable answers:
Alpine, Lamancha, Nigerian dwarf, Nubian, Oberhasli, Saanen, Sable, Toggenburg, Guernsey
True or false? Goat hide (skin) can be used to make leather gloves and drum skins.
True!
The name for someone who raises goats that are used by humans in some way (small or large scale)
Herdsman or producer
Name 2 other uses for goats besides meat and milk
Acceptable answers: Fiber, Pack animals, Brush control, Pets
What are the names for the 2 fiber products produced by fiber goats?
Mohair and cashmere
The name for someone who studies how feed ingredients interact with a goat's body to help it grow and develop properly
Nutritionist
What is unique about the San Clemente Island Goat bucks?
They lack the scent glands that makes bucks stinky!
Define a "value-added product."
Acceptable answer: when you take an animal product in its original form (milk, meat, or fiber) and process it to create a new product that you can sell for more money (added value).
Give an example of a companionship-based job that utilizes goats.
Acceptable answers: goat yoga, service animals, goat cuddling
What is the name for the genetic condition which causes a goat's muscles to "lock-up" when they are startled or overly excited?
Myotonia congenita
Goats are fully conscious when this happens, so "fainting" isn't really an appropriate name to describe this phenomenon!
What is the Spanish word that is often used to mean meat from a young goat?
Cabrito
True or False: Goat grazing is not a legitimate job you can pursue with goats.
False!
It's currently being used to help with: brush removal, eradication of invasive species, creation of fire breaks, habitat restoration, pasture maintenance. While the goats are doing this, they're simultaneously producing meat, milk, and/or fiber.