ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Fetus, Merino, Egg Cell

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS101
• Professor: Griffiths Lesa

Document Summary

The place of sheep and goats in us agriculture. The sheep industry has declined in the us and is now approximately four tenths of 1% of the total us farm revenue from livestock and products. The gross annual income from sheep, lambs, and wool in the us is approximately million. The goat industry has always been a small specialty or niche in the us. The goat industry is made up of three main types of enterprises: These are dairy goats, fiber-producing goats, and goats produced for meat. From 2002 to 2007, production of meat goats increased 58% Fastest growing livestock enterprise in the us for that period. Main factors that contributed to the growth of the meat goat industry: Importation of new breeds of goats that had superior growth and carcass conformation. The increase in the us population of people from different cultures, countries, and religious backgrounds that historically consumed goat meat.