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Domesticated greylag goose in skagen denmark 6th of may 2006

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as well as

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with semi-domestic populations. Geese are bred mainly for their

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, which is particularly popular in

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countries around

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. Of lesser commercial importance is goose breeding for

eggs Humans and human ancestors have scavenged and eaten animal eggs for millions of years. Humans in Southeast Asia had domesticated chickens and harvested their eggs for food by 1,500 BCE. The most widely consumed eggs are those of fowl, especial ...

schmaltz Schmaltz (also spelled schmalz or shmalz) is rendered (clarified) chicken or goose fat. It is an integral part of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, where it has been used for centuries in a wide array of dishes, such as chicken soup, lat ...

, or for the fattened

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foie gras Foie gras (, ; ) is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. According to French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding). Foie gras is a popular and well-known delica ...

''). A few specialized breeds have been created for the main purpose of

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(e.g. the Cotton Patch Goose), or as guard animals and (in former times) for goose fights (e.g., the Steinbach Fighting Goose and Tula Fighting Goose). Goose breeds are usually grouped into three weight classes: Heavy, Medium and Light. Most domestic geese are descended from the

greylag goose The greylag goose or graylag goose (''Anser anser'') is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus ''Anser''. It has mottled and barred grey and white plumage and an orange beak and pink legs. A ...

(''Anser anser''). The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the

swan goose The swan goose (''Anser cygnoides'') is a large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and the Russian Far East. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China. Vagrant birds are encounter ...

(''A. cygnoides''); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob.APA (2001) Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose, originated in hybrids between these

(the hybrid males are usually fertile – see Haldane's Rule). In addition, two goose species are kept as domestic animals in some locations, but are not completely domesticated yet and no distinct breeds have been developed.

Breeds

Adler goose Adler may refer to: Places *Adler, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Perry County *Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA * Adler Township, Nelson County, North Dakota, USA *Adler University, formerly Adler School of Professional Psychol ...

(Адлерская)FAO (2002) *

African goose The African goose is a breed of domestic goose derived from the wild swan goose (''Anser cygnoides''). Despite the name African goose, they are not actually from Africa and are descended from the Chinese goose. Origin Its origin has been attri ...

Alsatian goose The Alsatian goose (french: oie d'Alsace), is a breed of goose developed in the French region of Alsace. A small breed, this goose was developed to grow a large and fatty liver for foie gras production. Uses Geese selected for this purpose ha ...

(''Oie d'Alsace'') * American buff goose * Amorstream goose *

Anhui goose Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze Riv ...

* Aonghus goose * Arzamas goose (''Арзамасская'') * Austrian landrace (''Österreichische landgans'') * Balien Eu goose * Bavarian landrace (''Bayerische Landgans'') * Benkov goose (''Бяла Бенковска гъска'') * Bilgorey goose * Bogdanovski goose (= Javakhetian goose) * Bourbon goose (''Oie du Bourbonnais'', ''Blanche de Bourbonnais'') * Brecon buff goose * Buff back goose * Celle goose (''Celler Gans'') * Changle goose *

Chinese goose The Chinese goose (''Anser cygnoides domesticus'') is an international breed of domestic goose, known by this name in Europe and in North America. History Unlike the majority of goose breeds, which derive from '' Anser anser'', the Chines ...

* Co goose * Cotton Patch goose * Curly breasted Sebastopol goose * Czech goose (''Česká husa'') *

Czech crested goose Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

(''Česká chocholatá hus'') *

Danish landrace goose Danish landrace goose (Danish language:'), or Danish goose, is a landrace variety of goose native to Denmark. Description The Danish goose is available in two variants, gray and gray mottled. It is a medium-sized goose, with a weight of about ...

(''Danske gæs'': ''grå'', ''gråbroget'') * Daoxian goose * Diepholz goose (''Diepholzer Gans'') * Drava goose (''Dravska guska'') *

Emden goose The Emden or Embden is a German list of goose breeds, breed of domestic goose. It is named for the town of Emden in north-westernmost Germany. History The Emden is the oldest goose breed of the area that is now Germany, with origins believed ...

(''Emdener Gans'') * Emporda goose (''Emporda-Gans'') * English saddleback goose (→ Buff back goose) * Euskal Antzara goose *

Faroese goose The Faroese goose (Føroyska Gásin in Faroese) is probably the oldest form of tame goose in Europe and possibly the direct descendants of the tame geese that the Landnám folk brought from Scandinavia and the British Isles. Since the Faroe ...

(''Færøske gæs'') * Fighting goose (=

Steinbacher Goose Steinbacher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981), German violinist * Joachim Steinbacher (1911-2005), German ornithologist * Hank Steinbacher (1913–1977), American baseball player * Dere ...

) * Flemish goose (''Oie flamande'') * Franconian goose (''Fränkische Landgans'') * Garbonosa goose * German laying goose (''Deutsche Legegans'') * Gorki goose (Горьковская or Линдовская) * Gorkowska goose * Greyback goose * Han Tah Pra goose *

Hawaiian goose The nene (''Branta sandvicensis''), also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird Endemism in birds, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The nene is exclusively found in the wild on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Kauai, Mo ...

(''Nene'') * Hungarian goose * Huoyan goose * Hwo goose * Javakhetian goose * Kaluga goose * Kangan goose * Kartuzy landrace (''Kartuska'') * Kholmogory goose (''Холмогорская'') * Kielce landrace (''Kielecka'') * Koean goose * Krasnozerskoye goose (''Краснозёрская'', ''Krasnozy'', ''Skoye'') * Kuban goose (''Кубанская'') * Landes goose (''Oie des Landes'') * Large grey goose * Leine goose (''Leinegans'') * Lingzian goose * Likewu goose * Lionhead goose * Lippe goose (''Lippegans'') * Local geese of Karal and Massakory * Local goose of Mandelia * Lubelska goose * Mongolian local geese * Normandy goose (''Oie normande''; including Crested Normandy goose) * Norwegian white goose (''Norsk hvit gås'') * Nungan Mieu goose * Obroshino goose (Оброшинська) *

Öland goose The Öland goose is a breed of domestic geese originating in Öland island in Sweden. Origin Öland goose is a landrace which was kept in Öland and Götaland. It was standardised in the 1920s. The breed was nearly extinct at the 1970s. Today t ...

(''Ölandsgås'') * Padans goose (''Oca Padovana'') * Pereyaslav goose (''Переяславская'') * Philippine domestic goose *

Pilgrim goose Pilgrim geese (Australian Settler geese in AustraliaAustralian Poultry Standards, 2nd Edition, Published 2013 Victorian Poultry Breeders Association Ltd trading as Poultry Poultry Stud Breeders and Exhibitions Victoria) is a breed of domestic goo ...

Pink-footed goose The pink-footed goose (''Anser brachyrhynchus'') is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The nam ...

* Podkarpacka goose * Poitou goose (''Oie du Poitou'', ''Blanche de Poitou'') *

Pomeranian goose The Pomeranian goose (german: link=no, Pommerngans,''Der Große Geflügelstandard in Farbe'', Bd. 3. Wassergeflügel: Gänse und Enten. Oertel + Spörer. French: ''L'oie de Poméranie'' Pomeranian, Toulouse or Emden goose eggs), also known as th ...

(including Pomeranian Saddleback) * Pskov bald goose (Псковская) * Qingyang goose * Rhenish goose * Rhineland laying goose (''Rheinische Legegans'',

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

breed) * Romanic goose (''Romaanse gans'') *

Roman goose The Roman goose is an Italian breed of domestic goose. It is said to be one of the oldest breeds of goose, bred more than 2000 years ago and originally sacred to the goddess Juno. History Sometime in the late 4th century BC, as the Gauls atte ...

(''Oca Italiano'') * Romny goose * Russian goose * Rypinska goose * Rung goose *

Scania goose The Scania Goose (Swedish: ''Skånegås'') is a breed of domestic geese originating in Scania in Sweden. Origin The Scania goose is a landrace around the towns of Vomb and Hunneberga in Scania, in the south of Sweden. The breed was standardis ...

(''Skånegås'') * Sebastopol goose (''Lockengans'') * Shadrinsk goose (→ Ural Goose) * Shetland goose * Shitou goose * Sichuan white goose * Skanegas * Slovak white goose (''Slovenská hus'') * Smålen goose (''Smålensgås'') * Solnechnogorsk goose *

Steinbacher goose Steinbacher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981), German violinist * Joachim Steinbacher (1911-2005), German ornithologist * Hank Steinbacher (1913–1977), American baseball player * Dere ...

(''Steinbacher Kampfgans'') * Subcarpathian goose (''Podkarpacka'') * Suwalska goose (''Suwałska'') * Suchovy goose (''Suchovská hus'') * Synthetic Ukrainian goose * Taihu goose *

Tame goose Tame may refer to: *Taming, the act of training wild animals *River Tame, Greater Manchester *River Tame, West Midlands and the Tame Valley *Tame, Arauca, a Colombian town and municipality * "Tame" (song), a song by the Pixies from their 1989 alb ...

Toulouse goose The Toulouse is a French breed of large domestic goose, originally from the area of Toulouse in south-western France. Two types are recognised: a heavy industrial type with dewlaps, the french: Oie de Toulouse à bavette, italic=no; and a slightly ...

(including Light Toulouse) * Touraine goose (''Oie de Touraine'') * Tufted Roman goose (→

) * Tula goose (''Tульская бойцовая'') * Turkish goose * Twente goose (''Twentse landgans'') * Ural goose or Shadrin goose (''Уральская'' or ''Шадринская'') * Venetian goose (''Oca Pezzata Veneta'') * Vištinės goose (''Vištinės žąsys'') * Vladimir clay goose (''Владимирская глинистая'') * Wanxi white goose * West of England goose (including crested goose) * Whet goose * White Hungarian goose * White Italian goose (→

) * White Norman goose * Wugang goose * Wulong goose * Wuzhong goose * Xupu goose * Yanguiang goose * Yan goose * Yili goose * Yong Kang grey goose * Zatory landrace (''Zatorska'') * Zhedong goose * Zhejiang white goose * Zie goose

Auto-sexing goose

The plumage of male and female goose is usually the same. However, there are few auto-sexing goose, which are sexually dimorphic and the gender can be recognized on the first look by plumage. In general, ganders are white and females are either entirely gray, or pied gray and white. * Cotton Patch Goose * Normandy Goose *

Pilgrim Goose Pilgrim geese (Australian Settler geese in AustraliaAustralian Poultry Standards, 2nd Edition, Published 2013 Victorian Poultry Breeders Association Ltd trading as Poultry Poultry Stud Breeders and Exhibitions Victoria) is a breed of domestic goo ...

* Shetland Goose * West of England Goose

Semi-domesticated goose species

Canada goose The Canada goose (''Branta canadensis''), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is o ...

Derived from small eastern

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

' stock: APA (2001) *

Egyptian goose The Egyptian goose (''Alopochen aegyptiaca'') is a member of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. It is native to Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley. Egyptian geese were considered sacred by the Ancient Egyptians, and appear ...

Footnotes

References

* (2001): The American Standard of Perfection. Mendon, Massachusetts. * Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH PAPER - 154
Goose Production, Rome 2002, p. 140-145

External links

Goose Breeds on poultrykeeper.com
Photos of all standardized domestic geese in the UK.

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