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Boer goat

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The Boer goat is a breed of goat that was developed in South Africa in the early 1900s for meat production. [1]

22 relations: Afrikaans, Anglo-Nubian goat, Angora goat, Animal slaughter, Crossbreed, Dutch language, Estrous cycle, Goat, Heredity, Meat, Menard, Texas, Milk, Nama people, Profit (economics), Profit margin, Purebred, San Angelo, Texas, San people, Selective breeding, Sexual maturity, South Africa, Texas.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Anglo-Nubian goat

The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat.

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Angora goat

The Angora goat is a breed of domesticated goat, historically known as Angora.

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Animal slaughter

Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock.

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Crossbreed

A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations.

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle or oestrus cycle (derived from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Greek οἶστρος oîstros 'gadfly') is the recurring physiological changes that are induced by reproductive hormones in most mammalian therian females.

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Goat

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Heredity

Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

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Meat

Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food.

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Menard, Texas

Menard is a city in and the county seat of Menard County, Texas, United States.

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Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals.

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Nama people

Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

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Profit (economics)

In economics, profit in the accounting sense of the excess of revenue over cost is the sum of two components: normal profit and economic profit.

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Profit margin

Profit margin, net margin, net profit margin or net profit ratio is a measure of profitability.

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Purebred

Purebreds, also called purebreeds, are cultivated varieties or cultivars of an animal species, achieved through the process of selective breeding.

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San Angelo, Texas

San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States.

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San people

No description.

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Selective breeding

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_goat

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