nigora
{{Short description|American breed of goat}}
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{{Infobox goat breed
| name = Nigora
| image = EARLY ANGBA NIGORA GOATS.jpg
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| 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
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| country = United States
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| standard = [http://nigoragoats.homestead.com/ANGBA-STANDARD.html ANGBA]
| use = dual-purpose, milk and fiber
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| maleheight = {{convert|19|–|29|in|cm|order=flip}}
| femaleheight = {{convert|19|–|29|in|cm|order=flip}}
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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}}
History
The Nigora is of recent creation: breeding started in 1994.{{r|bess}} A breed society, 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}}
Use
As 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|cheryl|p2=94}}
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Category:Fiber-producing goat breeds
Category:Goat breeds originating in the United States
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