Finnish Landrace goat
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The Finnish Landrace, also called the Finngoat (Finnish: Suomenvuohi),{{cite web |url= http://dad.fao.org/ |title=Suomenvuohi/Finland |work=DAD-IS |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |access-date=28 July 2013}} is a landrace-derived breed of goat originating in western Finland. The breed can come in a variety of colors but is usually grey, pied, or white, and both horned and polled individuals occur.{{cite web |url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/finnish/ |title=Finnish Landrace |work=Breeds of Livestock |publisher=Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science |access-date=July 27, 2013}} Finnish Landrace goats are typically used for milking,{{citation |first=Graham R. |last=Duncanson |title=Veterinary Treatment of Sheep and Goats |date=1 January 2012 |publisher=CABI |isbn=9781780640051 |page=46}} as there is not a strong tradition of goat meat in Finnish cuisine, unlike in southern Europe.{{cite journal |title=Performance of Finnish Landrace goat kids and lambs raised under stall-feeding conditions in Finland |first1=Riitta |last1=Sormunen-Cristian |first2=Tapani |last2=Kangasmäki |journal=Small Ruminant Research |publisher=Elsevier |date=1 October 2000 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=109–114 |doi=10.1016/s0921-4488(00)00149-8}} Finngoats are the only breed of goat native to Finland, and originate from native goats crossed with other European imports, especially from Switzerland.
==See also==
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- List of goat breeds
- Finnsheep
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