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[[Image:Boerbok.jpg|thumb|250px|A commercial Boer goat buck]]
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[[File:Boer goat.jpg|thumb|Commercial Boer goat buck]]
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[[File:Boer goat Doe.jpg|thumb|Boer goat, Doe]]
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[[File:Pet Goat.jpg|thumb|Boer goat kept as a pet]]
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The '''Boer goat''' is a breed of [[goat]] that was developed in [[South Africa]] in the early 1900s and is a popular breed for meat production. Their name is derived from the [[Afrikaans]] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]) word ''boer'', meaning farmer.
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| country = নিউজিল্যান্ড
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The '''Kiko''' is a breed of [[domestic goat|meat goat]] from New Zealand.{{r|dad}} ''Kiko'' is the [[Māori language|Māori]] word for flesh or meat.{{r|rare}} The Kiko breed was created in the 1980s by Garrick and Anne Batten, who [[cross-breeding|cross-bred]] local [[feral goat]]s with imported [[dairy goat]] bucks of the [[Anglo-Nubian]], [[Saanen (goat)|Saanen]], and [[Toggenburg (goat)|Toggenburg]] breeds. The breeding aims were hardiness, fast growth, parasite resistance, and survivability with little input from the producer.{{r|ikga}}
The Kiko breed was imported into the [[United States|US]] in 1992 by Goatex Group LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/kikoa.html|title=Kiko Goats in the USA|publisher= Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand}}</ref> Today, three registries are in the US for Kikos: the AKGA, the IKGA, and the NKR (which is the largest of the three). Kikos can be registered as 100% New Zealand, meaning that their lineage can be traced all the way back to the original New Zealand stock.<ref name=NKRhandbook>[https://nationalkikoregistry.com/forms/NKR_Handbook.pdf The National Kiko Registry Handbook]</ref> "Purebreds" are animals that are at least 15/16ths New Zealand stock<ref name=NKRhandbook/> and "percentages" are those that are at least 50% New Zealand stock.<ref name=NKRhandbook/> Kikos-Boer crosses can also be registered as Genemaster™ with the NKR.
The Kiko breed continues to grow in popularity particularly in the warm, wet US southern states where drug-resistant parasites have wreaked havoc on southern herds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/040115l.aspx|title=Growing Parasite Problem in Goats|publisher=American Veterinary Association}}</ref> The Kiko shows a natural parasite resistance that allows it to thrive in climates where other goats do not. The Kiko breed, coming from a dairy background, is also proving valuable to southern dairy herds in providing parasite resistant dual-purpose dairy and meat offspring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freereignfarm.com/uncategorized/free-reign-goat/|title=Value of adding Kiko to Dairy Herds for Dual Purpose Offpring -|date=2018-11-20|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
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