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D-boer-goat Dictionary

Boer goat

A South African meat goat breed

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Plain meaning
A South African meat goat breed
How to use it
Use Boer bucks to improve the meat yield of local goats.
South African benchmark
The Boer goat was bred in South Africa and is used worldwide as a meat-goat improver.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M10-U6
Calculate it
T-M10-03 Herd Growth Projection
Library sources
LIB-A065, LIB-A066, LIB-P-Mutton, LIB-P-Goat
See also
Small stock
Sheep and Goats: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSheep and Goats: how the business runsSold byhead or kg live weight1Breed2Kid or lamb3Grow on veld4Market5Live sale or abattoirZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Sheep and Goats Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M10 Sheep and Goats.