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Title: Goat Knowledge: Post by: mikey on November 24, 2007, 03:43:02 PM Doeling-a doe younger than 1 year old
Drying off-when you prepare a goat for birth and you stop the milking process Flagging-when a doe wags her tail letting you know that she may be in heat Mastitis-inflammation of the udder Pneumonia-a sickness of coughing,runny nose,eyes,fever Wether-a castrated buck Doe gestation-period is 150 day/5 months and will carry her kids on her right side of her body,can have up to 5 kids at a time Water-goats need fresh water daily Milking Does-does should be milked 2 times per day ,at the same times every day,example 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening Swiss Dairy breeds-Alpine,Saanen.Toggenburg Tropical breeds-Anglo,LaMancha Meat Goat breeds-Boer,Kiko, Native To prevent hoof rot-always keep your goats bedding dry and clean,trim hooves regulary A goat has 4 stomachs-but when first born only 1 stomach works Normal body temperature-for a goat is 101.5-105 f When your goat is pregnant,you should increase her feed in the last month of pregnancy.After your doe kids,give her some warm water mixed with molasses,helps to give her a energy boost if she is having more than 1 kid By:debbie debbie,Meat Goat Producer,Alberta,Canada mikey Title: Re: Goat Knowledge: Post by: mikey on November 30, 2007, 09:00:22 AM Purebred-offspring of 2 purebred parents of the same breed (15/16)
Crossbreed-each parent of a different breed Upgrading-use purebreed buck as sire,goat is to breed for specific traits Grade-breeding a purebreed buck to an ordinary doe Mongrel-breeding using parents of unknown,unimproved or grade ancestory Backcross-breeding daughters to fathers/sons to mothers Inbreeding: breeding of closely related animals,buck being bred to seccessive generations of female decendants,doe to succeeding male descendants generally believed inbreeding results in poor reproductive fitness,lack of vigor,reduced performance. Lack of Vigor: poor performance,offspring may become smaller with each generation.One should guard against this,what if you are trying to increase milk output and inbreeding accommmplishes that goal,then this is a good thing. Crossing of different inbred line results in vigorous hybrids,some of the greatest advances in livestock breeding have been created this way. Linebreeding: breeding animals with related ancestory with an outstanding trait.One should realize that bad traits as well as good traits will be emphasized. One should never ever breed full brothers and sisters together,half brothers to half sisters is also known as linebreeding. |