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Goats |
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Goats probably outnumber sheep and cattle worldwide.
They are highly fertile (about 150% kidding) and provide
the basic meat and milk requirements for millions of
people.
Many breeds of meat and milk goats exist but it is
the Angora goat and the cashmere goat that are renowned
for the valuable fleeces they produce.
We have bred Angora bucks and does of exceptionally
high fibre density and fibre length like the buck shown
below, that can quickly convert other breeds of goats
in to valuable fleece animals with excellent meat and
milking traits.
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Image 1. This 14 month old SRS® Angora buck (top left), with 3
months fleece growth has about twice the density and
length of fibres of other Angora goats. The fleece consists
of long and thin coiling staples (top right) which are
highly aligned (bottom left) on a loose skin (bottom
right).
The stunning breakthrough that we have made in our
SRS® breeding programs is to produce high quality
mohair on meat and milking goats which previously had
no fleece. Evidence for this is shown below. |
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Image 2. This 6 month old goat weighs 46
kilograms, or about twice the body weight of an Angora
goat at this age. It is a triplet producing good quality
mohair, 125 millimetres long, 25 microns in fibre diameter
and an estimated fleece weight of 3 kilograms. The fleece
sells for $AUD 13 per kilogram. It is the progeny of
a SRS® Angora buck with a fleece of high density
and length joined to a Boer (meat) x Saanen (milking
)doe which has no fleece. |
Leading Bucks |
Leading bucks
The leading sires include:
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Yarran Park Angora Stud
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Animal: |
Yarran Park Andy |
Body weight: |
92.0 kilograms at 6 months of age |
Andy is a very large buck with
outstanding conformation. He produces a very fine
soft handling mohair with out any drop in fleece
weight. |
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Animal: |
Yarran Park Socrates |
Age: |
14 months |
Fleece weight: |
2.2 kilograms for second shearing at 25.0 microns
4.3 kilograms for third shearing at 25.8 microns |
This outstanding sire is one of
our top stud bucks.He produces super soft fine
mohair with great lustre. A very well grown buck
with a quite temperament. |
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Animal: |
Yarran Park Arnie (colour:
solid white) |
Body weight: |
67.0 kilograms at 14 months of age |
Fleece weight: |
3.5 kilograms for second shearing at 26.5 microns
6.5 kilograms for third shearing at 27.9 microns |
This sire is the result of a very
successful embryo transfer Program in 2004. We
retained this buck for his outstanding growth
rates and high fleece weights. He will be used
in the 2006 breeding season. |
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