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Re: Boer Goats
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Subject: Re: Boer Goats
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From: sdb5196@tamucc.edu (samuel d blackstock)
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Date: 18 Oct 1994 11:38:54 GMT
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Article: 4080 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: sdb5196@tamucc.edu (samuel d blackstock)
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Subject: Boer Goats
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anyone interested in import of Boer Goat E#mbryos please let me know. Its
possible you may be able to buy into our lot and get guarantees and
choice selection of embros. we are importing oct through nov.send
request to/ by reply e-mail to:
sdb5196@tamucc.edu
samuel blackstock
po box 81196
corpus christi 78468.
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hello
does anyone have any information on boer goats?
i live in no. california, and i have just reaad an article on the boer
goats and their introduction into the u.s.
i am very interested and would appreciate anything on this topic.
sarah
(not edward)
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From: ug484@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Wes Combs)
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I have a brochure on Boer goats but am still in a state of semi-
unpacking but as soon as I find it, I'll get back to you. The
brochure was distributed by an exporting firm. I am not overwhelmed
by what I know of them but shall review the info.
Wes Combs, Ph.D.
Consultant in International
Livestock Development
Victoria, B.C.
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From: ug484@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Wes Combs)
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References on Boer goats:
Joubert, D.M. Indigenous South African Sheep and Goats: Their Origin
and Development. Tropical Science XI(3):185-195.
Not a lot of performance data.
"Mature Improved Boer goat females weigh between 60 and 75 kg. when
in good condition. Full grown castrates will reach a weight of no
less than 100 kg. without supplementary feeding."
Australian Breeding Pty Ltd
Business office:
4th Floor, 41 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Phone: (08) 410 0233
International +61 8 410 0233
Fax: (08) 410 1195
International +61 8 310 1195
That company title should be Australian Breeding Management Pty Ltd.
ABM claims 170% weaned kids. No dairy production is given or claimed.
My personal view is that breeds without dairy potential have little use
in international development with the exception of fibre breeds.
Several other exotic goat breeds have more potential for both meat and
milk.
Wes Combs, PhD
Consultant in International
Livestock Development
Victoria, CBC
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CLOSE-UP SECOND NOAH'S ARK BEING BUILT IN A PETRI DISH
September 28, 1995
Web posted at: 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT)
From Tech Correspondent Lori Waffenschmidt
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (CNN) -- A modern-day Noah is building an ark.
But this time it's not a boat. It's a breeding program to help save
endangered species around the world. And the first animal on the list
is the hunter's hartebeest, a tawny horned creature that's been called
the most endangered animal of all.
hartebeest The hunter's hartebeest is an African antelope that comes
from Kenya near the border of Somalia. There's only one of the animals
left in captivity, and none are known to be left in the wild.
It's a major concern for researchers like Duane Kraemer at Texas A&M
University. He's working to save the hunter's hartebeest and other
animals too, through advanced breeding programs like Project Noah's
Ark. "Project Noah's Ark is an international effort to raise the
resources necessary to be able to bank the genomes of wildlife species
to provide a safety net in the event they become endangered or
extinct," Kraemer says.
Foxworth Researchers say that it might be possible to breed more
hartebeests from the one living at the Gladys Porter Zoo in
Brownsville, Texas. Bill Foxworth (158K .aiff sound or 158K .wav
sound), who is also working on the project at Texas A&M, says that
they hope to remove eggs from the female and fertilize them with
frozen sperm taken from male hartebeests in the past.
"We hope to be able to produce embryos, transfer the embryos to a
closely related species, and then have pregnancies from that," he
says.
It's an intricate process. Scientists collect sperm from animals, then
a technician prepares a straw of sperm for freezing. The sperm will be
stored in liquid nitrogen until it's time for fertilization. It's
possible to store thousands of specimens in beer keg-sized tanks. Eggs
are collected as well. When it's time for fertilization, the thawed
sperm meets the egg. The resulting embryos go into an incubator to
mature.
fertilization After that, they're ready for in vitro fertilization, or
the embryos can be frozen until they can be implanted in an
appropriate host animal. The cryopreservation, or freezing process,
creates a sort of frozen zoo. It could be the key to the future for
many endangered species. A crucial step is finding out which animals
can serve as surrogates for different endangered species.
Once the techniques are perfected, Kraemer hopes to establish mobile
satellite labs all around the world. In the meantime, time is running
out for one lonely hunter's hartebeest, standing on the brink of
extinction.