Angora goat

The angora goat ( formerly camel goat) is a breed of domestic goat and is one of the wool goat breeds. The pure white goat has long, silky and curly hair that sags . In contrast to sheep's wool, the wool of the angora goat is not frizzy. The mean annual wool yield is around 2.5 kg when sheared twice and is used as mohair for the manufacture of carpets, blankets and fabrics. The world production of mohair wool is 15,000 tons.

The angora goat was not known to the Turks in Asia Minor . The exact origin of the angora goats is unknown; there are theses about a pre-biblical Anatolian origin, but the scientists are considering an import from the Central Asian region. With the immigration of nomads from Turkestan in the 13th century or through trade, this breed came to Anatolia and was eponymous cultivated in the Ankara area , the Angora at that time. After a brief export ban by the Turkish sultan and the lifting of the same in 1838, the producers crossed local Kurdish goats to quickly satisfy demand, which is said to have had a disastrous effect on the quality of the wool. The goats, which are sensitive to moisture and therefore not very suitable for the Central European climate, were exported to South Africa in 1838 and to California a few years later . As early as 1885, California had a population of 100,000 angora goats.

Five angora goats and two goats were brought to Germany for the first time in 1768. They were a gift from the Princely Liechtenstein Intendant Johann Wengand to Karl Theodor , Count Palatine of the Rhine, and came to Dossenheim an der Bergstrasse. By 1771 they had increased to ninety animals with the addition of white native goats.

The Swede Ulmström brought the first angora goats to Sweden as early as 1742.

literature

Norbert Benecke: Man and his pets. The story of a relationship that goes back thousands of years. Parkland Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-88059-995-5 .
Hans H. Sambraus: Atlas of the farm animal races. 250 races in words and pictures. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3219-2 .
Deutsches Museum 1778, Volume I January – June 1778, Mengandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig.

Web links

Commons : Angora Goat - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Angora goat - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

The Angora goat in the goat dictionary , accessed on September 28, 2009

Individual evidence

^ Georg Jacob (1910): Reference to important eastern elements of Islamic art. In: Der Islam , Volume 1, Issue 1 (Jan 1910)
↑ Lobuw A. Margolena: Mohair histogensis, maturation, and shedding in the Angora goat. In: Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture, p. 1.
↑ Ronald T. Marchese: The fabric of life: Cultural transformations in Turkish society. In: Global Academic Publishing , 2005, p. 210.
^ Robert R. Franck: Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and other luxury fires. In: Woodhead Publishing Limited in association with the Textile Institute , p. 73.

[1] Georg Jacob (1910): Reference to important eastern elements of Islamic art. In: Der Islam , Volume 1, Issue 1 (Jan 1910)

[2] Lobuw A. Margolena: Mohair histogensis, maturation, and shedding in the Angora goat. In: Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture, p. 1.

[3] Ronald T. Marchese: The fabric of life: Cultural transformations in Turkish society. In: Global Academic Publishing , 2005, p. 210.

[4] Robert R. Franck: Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and other luxury fires. In: Woodhead Publishing Limited in association with the Textile Institute , p. 73.