name: Domestic Goat

flavor_db_name_variants: domestic goat

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Domestic goat

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name_scientific: Capra aegagrus hircus

description: "The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat. Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species, and have been used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world. In 2011, there were more than 924 million live goats around the globe, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Female goats are referred to as ""does"" or ""nannies"", intact males as ""bucks"" or ""billies"", and their offspring are ""kids"". Castrated males are ""wethers"". Goat meat from younger animals is called ""kid"" or cabrito (Spanish), and from older animals is simply known as ""goat"" or sometimes called chevon (French), or in some areas ""mutton"" (which more often refers to adult sheep meat)."

itis_id: 180715

wikipedia_id: Domestic_goat

picture_file_name: 541.jpg

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legacy_id: 568

food_group: Animal foods

food_subgroup: Caprae

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2018-01-18T03:18:03.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:26.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 9925

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00529