title: [History of the Turkish angora goat with remarks on the wild ancestor of the domestic coat].
abstract: The study describes the ancient (3000 B.C.-15th/16th Century A.D.) and the more recent (16th-20th Century A.D.) history of the Turkish Angora goat as based on a broad and intensive evaluation of relevant literature. Moreover, important structural features of the typical biotope of this caprine breed are explained, essential basic information from a comparative zoological point of view is added with regard to the development of goat domestication, and specific details relating to the history of civilization are supplied. For a better understanding of all the different topics dealt with, selected and mostly original illustrations are included.
authors.affiliation: Anatomischen Institut, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sağlam
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schönfeld
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanyolaç
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D006041:Goats; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D014421:Turkey
vernacular_title: Die Geschichte der Türkischen Angoraziege mit Bemerkungen zur wilden Stammform der Hausziege.