Kiko goat
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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
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| Distribution |
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| Use | meat |
| Traits | |
| Skin colour | variable |
| Horn status | horned or polled |
| Beard | bearded |
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The Kiko is a New Zealand breed of meat goat.[1] The name derives from the Māori word for meat.[2]: 392 [3] It was bred in the 1980s by Garrick and Anne Batten, who cross-bred local feral goats with imported dairy goat bucks of the Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, and British Toggenburg breeds.[4] The only aims of the breeding programme were fast rate of growth and ability to survive in the pastoral conditions of the New Zealand hill country.[4]
In the United States
[edit]Some stock was exported in 1992 by Goatex Group to the United States, where various breed associations have been formed.[5] The goats are used principally for cross-breeding with stock of other meat breeds, most often the Boer. Cross-bred goats may be registered, but only animals deriving exclusively from New Zealand parentage may be registered as "New Zealand Kiko".[5][6]
References
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- ↑ Breed data sheet: Kiko/New Zealand. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2015.
- ↑ Kiko Goats: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin. Christchurch: Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Archived 5 January 2007.
- ↑ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- 1 2 Garrick J. Batten (1987). A New Meat Goat Breed Archived 5 March 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Proceedings of the IV International Conference on Goats, Brasilia, Brazil, 2: 1330–1336; hosted by Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Archived 13 March 2026.
- 1 2 Michael Wade (2004). Kiko Goats in the USA. Rare Breeds NewZ. (66), August 2004. Christchurch: Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Archived 13 March 2026.
- ↑ The National Kiko Registry Handbook. Cumming, Georgia: National Kiko Registry. Archived 28 May 2016.
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