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This handbook is a reference for goat keepers. Valuable to beginners and veteran keepers, it offers helpful information for enjoying the benefits of healthy, productive goats while minimizing costs and problems.
The book contains information on the biology, origin and behavior of goats; their many uses; the breed characteristics and physical conformation (of dairy and meat types); buying and transporting tips; housing, fencing and other aspects of management; feed; estrus cycles and breeding; newborn care, udders and milk; horn removal, castration, hooves and foot care; diseases and health care; culling the herd; registering, showing and selling goats; and many other topics. Fully indexed, the work contains numerous photographs, charts and tables.
Contents
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. History
2. Feral Goats
3. Why Do You Want a Goat?
4. Breed Characteristics
5. Management
6. Accepted Conformation for Dairy Goats
7. Buying
8. Age, Teeth and Weight
9. Moving Goats
10. Public Relations
11. Equipment
12. Housing
13. Cold Weather Care
14. Collars and Fencing
15. Feeding
16. Breeding Methods
17. Males
18. The Female Reproduction System and Cycle
19. Parturition Is the Actual Kidding
20. Newborns and General Kid Care
21. Udders and Milk
22. Tattooing
23. Getting Rid of Horns
24. Castration
25. Hooves and Foot Care
26. Clipping, Hair Cutting, and Spot Trimming
27. Health and Preventive Medicine
28. Parasites
29. Culling
30. Registration
31. Showing Goats
32. Recordkeeping
33. Selling
34. Chevon
Epilogue
Further Reading
Index
