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Goat breeds: dairy, meat and hardy local types

Agriculture · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Toggenburg, Saanen and Alpine as dairy goats; Boer and Galla as meat goats; the Small East African goat and KDPG on Kenyan farms.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Breeds of livestock and their uses
  2. Dairy cattle breeds in Kenya
  3. Beef cattle breeds in Kenya
  4. Indigenous and dual-purpose cattle
  5. Sheep breeds: meat, wool and dual-purpose
  6. Goat breeds: dairy, meat and hardy local types
  7. Pig breeds kept for meat in Kenya
  8. Rabbit breeds for meat and fur
  9. Distinguishing breeds in the field
  10. Comparative productivity and choosing a breed