Housing, husbandry, and welfare of sheep and goats

Housing, husbandry, and welfare of sheep and goats
Author: D'Anna Berry
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 93
Release: 1997-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0788140299

Includes 325 bibliographic citations, a few with abstracts, covering the following descriptors: sheep, ovin, ewe, ram, goat, lamb, housing, facilities, structure, corral, handling, behavior, barn. fencing, stress, diet, welfare, nutrition, well-being, humane, etc. Each entry includes full bibliographic information: title, author, pages, year, publisher and descriptors. All citations are from English-language sources. Subject and author indices.

Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats

Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats
Author: Maggie Sayer
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603425829

Goat meat production is the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture, and an estimated 70 percent of all meat consumed globally is from goats. Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats is the essential reference on raising, caring for, and marketing meat goats. This updated edition gives caprine producers the vital information they need to start a meat-goat business or expand their current operation.

Ecothrifty

Ecothrifty
Author: Deborah Niemann
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 086571715X

Grow your own food and cook more from scratch.

Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, 5th Edition

Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, 5th Edition
Author: Jerry Belanger
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1612129331

This best-selling handbook is packed with detailed information on housing, feeding, and fencing dairy goats. It’s been the trusted resource on the topic for farmers and homesteaders since it was originally published in 1975, and the new edition — completely updated and redesigned — makes Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats more comprehensive and accessible than ever. In-depth sections explain every aspect of milking, including necessary equipment, proper hand-milking techniques, and handling and storing the milk. New color illustrations show each stage of kidding, and substantial chapters on dairy goat health and breeding include the most up-to-date research and practices.

Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals

Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals
Author: Temple Grandin
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1612127444

Award-winning author Temple Grandin is famous for her groundbreaking approach to decoding animal behavior. Now she extends her expert guidance to small-scale farming operations. Grandin’s fascinating explanations of how herd animals think — describing their senses, fears, instincts, and memories — and how to analyze their behavior, will help you handle your livestock more safely and effectively. You’ll learn to become a skilled observer of animal movement and behavior, and detailed illustrations will help you set up simple and efficient facilities for managing a small herd of 3 to 25 cattle or pigs, or 5 to 100 goats or sheep.

Raising Goats For Dummies

Raising Goats For Dummies
Author: Cheryl K. Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2010-01-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470633808

Learn to raise goats and start reaping the benefits of owning these fun and useful animals Raising goats is a major part of human life (and survival) around the world. The movement has increased in popularity in recent years as consumers embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, reject commercialism, move to organic food options, and raise concerns about industrial agriculture practices. Raising Goats For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of owning, caring for, and the day-to-day benefits of raising goats. Breaks down the complicated process of choosing and purchasing the right goat breed to meet your needs and getting facilities for your goat set up. Provides in-depth information on proper grooming, handling, feeding, and milking Covers the basics of goat health and nutrition Offers tips and advice for using your goat to produce milk, meat, fiber, and more You'll quickly understand what makes these useful and delightful creatures so popular and gain the knowledge and skills to properly care for and utilize their many offerings with help from Raising Goats For Dummies.

Sheep and Goat Production

Sheep and Goat Production
Author: I. E. Coop
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1982
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Ecology and distribution; Breeding; Reproduction; Maintenance and growth; Pregnancy; Lactation of suckling ewes and does; Nutritional diseases; Infectious diseases of sheep and goats; Internal parasites of sheep and goats; External parasites of sheep and goats; Growth and characteristics of wool and hair; Wiik grading and marketing; Livestock and meat marketing and grading; Carcase and meat qualities; Milk production in sheep and goats; Systems, biological and economic efficiencies; Very extensive systems; Extensive grazing systems; Intensive grassland systems; Intensive arable systems; Very intensive systems; Government controlled systems; Migratory (Transhumance) systems; Nomadic systems; Village and smallholder systems; List of contributors.

Goat Science

Goat Science
Author: Sándor Kukovics
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2018-06-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1789232023

Goat science covers quite a wide range and varieties of topics, from genetics and breeding, via nutrition, production systems, reproduction, milk and meat production, animal health and parasitism, etc., up to the effects of goat products on human health. In this book, several parts of them are presented within 18 different chapters. Molecular genetics and genetic improvement of goats are the new approaches of goat development. Several factors affect the passage rate of digesta in goats, but for diet properties, goats are similar to other ruminants. Iodine deficiency in goats could be dangerous. Assisted reproduction techniques have similar importance in goats like in other ruminants. Milk and meat production traits of goats are almost equally important and have significant positive impacts on human health. Many factors affect the health of goats, heat stress being of increasing importance. Production systems could modify all of the abovementioned characteristics of goats.