| 词条 | Nigora |
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| name = Nigora | image = EARLY ANGBA NIGORA GOATS.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = goats of various colours behind a wire fence | image_caption = Nigora goats photographed in 2002, showing Cocoa Puff of Skyview, the first Nigora (black doe with Swiss markings, upper center), then about 13 years old | status = | altname = | nickname = | country = United States | distribution = | standard = ANGBA | use = dual-purpose, milk and fiber | maleweight = | femaleweight = | maleheight = {{convert|19|–|29|in|cm|order=flip}} | femaleheight = {{convert|19|–|29|in|cm|order=flip}} | type = | skincolor = | woolcolor = any | facecolor = | horns = horned or hornless | beard = | tassels = | note = }} The Nigora is an American breed of small or medium-sized dual-purpose goat, raised both for its milk and for its fiber.{{r|bess}} It is the result of cross-breeding Nigerian Dwarf bucks with does of mohair breeds such as the Angora.{{r|carol|page=22|sue|page2=325}} HistoryThe Nigora is of recent creation: breeding started in 1994.{{r|bess}} A breed association, the American Nigora Goat Breeders Association, was formed in 2007.{{r|carol|page=22}} Another association, the Nigora Goat Breeders Society, was active in 2014.{{r|pat}} FiberAs with the Pygora breed, the fiber is classified into three types, A, B and C, depending on the length and type of the fibers.{{r|ek|page=358}} Type A is Angora-type mohair, long and lustrous; type B is "cashgora", which combines mohair with cashmere-type undercoat and is of medium length; type C is like cashmere and is shorter.{{r|sue2|page=49}} References1. ^Carol A. Amundson (2013). [https://books.google.it/books?id=10n0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 How to Raise Goats: Everything You Need to Know]. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. {{ISBN|9780760343784}}. [1][2][3][4][5]2. ^Carol Ekarius, Deborah Robson (2011). [https://books.google.it/books?id=dSUqAzuwS2QC&pg=PA358 The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn]. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publications. {{ISBN|9781603427111}}. 3. ^Patricia Chambers (March-April 2014) . Meet the Nigora goat: the new kids in the barn. Countryside & Small Stock Journal. 98 (2): p75. {{subscription required}} 4. ^Sue Weaver (2010). [https://books.google.it/books?id=QpjNfSxgy9cC&pg=PA325 Storey’s Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock]. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publications. {{ISBN|9781603424820}}. 5. ^Sue Weaver (2011). [https://books.google.it/books?id=V4aTw5DByZsC&pg=PA49 The Backyard Goat: An Introductory Guide to Keeping and Enjoying Pet Goats]. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publications. {{ISBN|9781603426992}}. }} Further reading
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