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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Goat-raising a potential livestock industry

STA. BARBARA -- Goat-raising is one of the promising livestock industries in the Philippines because of the high demand for goat meat.

This was revealed last Tuesday by Neo Abalos of Abalos and Sons Agro-Industrial Corporation before the opening of the 1st Ilocos Region Goat Exposition at the Provincial Nursery Reservation here.
It was also the soft opening of the 1st Aliguas Farmers Festival, a project of the Municipal Government led by Mayor Reynaldo Velasco.

One of the guest speakers was Bicuvido Rara, president of the four-year-old Federation of Goat and Sheep Producers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (FGASPAPI).

Abalos, FGASPAPI secretary, said the supply cannot cope with the demand.

The group is conducting seminars and trainings to promote the goat-raising industry in the country. They also pass on new technologies and information to their members and encourage farmers to venture into goat-raising.

In Pangasinan, they organized the Pangasinan Goat and Sheep Raisers Association (PGSRA) last month.

"Market-wise domestically the demand is high, what more internationally. Number one market is the Muslims because they don't eat pork. Demand is high in Malaysia and Indonesia. These are target markets, but for the meantime let's go local," Abalos added.

He said goat meat is selling like hot cake since 1999. One of the reasons for the high demand, he added, is that "goat meat is the healthiest red meat. It is high in protein and iron, but low in saturated fat compared to pork, beef and chicken."

In Manila, he said, a dressed goat is sold at P240 a kilo. In Pangasinan, a kilo of goat meat ranges from P190 to P200.

In Southern Tagalog Region, a liter of goat's milk is sold at P120.

"Goat milk is second to human's milk. It's better than cow's milk because it's easier to melt," Abalos said.

Abalos said they would also to educate goat raisers of the kind of grasses that can be feed to goats and the energy and protein level of each grass.

Goats are feed with leaves of ipil-ipil, madri de cacao, cacao, rensonii, ranie, trichantera and stylo.

"Goat-raising is high on capitalization, but once started, labor is the only expense because the goats feed on grass. Whether you have 200 heads or 20 heads of goat, only two people will facilitate," Abalos remarked as he compared goat with pig and chicken that eat feeds everyday.

Abalos said they are promoting the goat industry, as they want more goat raisers for them to be able to meet the demand, which would mean decrease in the prices of goat meat. (LCMY/Sunnex)

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Large-Scale Goat Raising in Tarlac Shows the Way
By pinoyfarmer | July 10, 2007



For ANGIE MENDOZA of Tarlac, City, goat raising started as a way of making a 3.5-hectare mango farm productive during its early gestation period when the trees are not yet bearing.

Today, she has no less than 260 heads already, most of which are does, and yet she intends to have at least 200 does in her farm. This is because she found that indeed there is a good amount of money in large-scale goat production.

In a paper presented during the Second Small Ruminant Congress at the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) last March, Angie narrated in Filipino how she and a business partner went into large-scale goat raising, saying they already recovered their initial investments on this venture. She said a 3.5-hectare farm in the mountainous portion of Burgos, Tarlac bought in 1999 was planted with mangoes but she could not wait long enough for it to become productive.

While they were searching for ways of making the farm productive while waiting for the mango trees to bear fruit, a priest, who was a family friend, suggested that the most practical thing to do is to raise goats. “We were told that goat raising does not incur much expenses because the animals are not very delicate and they survive on grasses,” Angie said.

They started with a pair of Anglo Nubian doe and buck, which they bought from Rodinel Wong of San Jose City in Nueva Ecija. After that they continued to look around for stocks of large and beautiful goats. In the process, whenever they saw goats near the road, they would stop and asked people if the animals were for sale.

“We were able to buy many goats this way,” she said.

She added they were able to increase their purebred breeding animals last year by importing the Kiko breed from Texas and Boer from Australia. They also got Anglo Nubian breeders from the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center in Davao.

Most of their present stock,however, consist of upgraded does, which they bought from local raisers. The other does are offspring of their stock.

Of the more than 260 head that they had at the time of the goat congress, 180 upgraded does and their offspring were in the farm in Burgos. They also had 42 purebred Boer and Anglo Nubian in their farm in San Rafael, Tarlac City, which is located just beside their house. Another 41 upgraded bucks are in a rice farm in Batang-batang, Tarlac.

TRIALS AND ERRORS

Angie revealed that they went through a host of trials and errors as they increased their stock and learned to raise goats.

For instance, she said the first house they made for their animals was made of cement and steel, thinking that durability is most important. “We found out that what is most important is sanitation because it is bad for the animals to step and sleep on their wastes,” she said.

They also learned that the flooring must be elevated and has holes so that the wastes could pass through them. Now their new goat houses are made mostly of cheap, locally available materials like bamboo, coco lumber and sawali. It’s only the flooring that incurs considerable expense because it is made of plastic, which is better than wood. It is much easier to clean and dry, hence the animals are free from diseases.

Although they had great difficulty keeping their animals healthy at the start, they soon learned to cure health problems like scouring, colds, coughing and internal parasitic worms with the help of veterinarians and specialists of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and CLSU.

PRACTICES

In Burgos, the main goat house, 150 square meters ( sq m), serves as the quarters for the does and their offspring, which are below three months old. The kidding pens, 1 (1.5) sq m each, are located in this building. One to two weeks before a doe is expected to give birth, the animal is brought to the kidding pen so that kidding would not occur elsewhere.

The doe and her offspring stay in the pen for two weeks after giving birth to make sure the kid is able to suck milk from the mother.

There is a separate house where they keep their doelings. They stay there until they become one year old. Then they transfer the doeling to the main building when she has been bred already.

The bucks are also kept in a separate house where each of them is in an individual pen. They bring the does to the bucks for controlled mating.

To keep their animals healthy, they deworm every three months during the dry season and every other month during wet season. The animals were also given vitamin injections once in a while. Most of the time, the caretakers now perform deworming and vitamin injections as taught to them by BAI and CLSU veterinarians.

The goats in the Burgos farm are brought to the pasture between 9 and 11:30 in the morning, and between 2 and 5 in the afternoon. In between the two pasture periods, the goats are brought back to their pens to rest and drink water.

However, the bucks and does that have kidded only recently as well as the sick animals are given cut grasses in their pens.

The goats are fed early in the morning. Each goat is given 100 grams of feeds, using a small can of sardines for measurement.

Angie said that although they can get grasses from some places at the moment, they are also going to improve their pasture and forage production through the help of specialists from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD). This way they will be assured that if the present pasture areas and sources of grasses will be gone in the future, they will have their own source.

The wastes of the goats are dried and then placed around the mango tree as organic fertilizer. The rest are applied as organic fertilizer in their four-hectare rice farm in Batang-batang.

MARKETING

Angie said that hey have no problem in marketing their goats at the moment because the 15 members of the Goat and Sheep Producers Association of Tarlac, Inc., which she heads as president, help each other in the marketing aspect.

She said there have been only a few instances when prospective buyers went home without having bought some animals from them. If one of the members does not have the kind of goat the customers are looking for, the customers are referred to the other members.

The members of the association have adopted a uniform pricing scheme. For instance, a four-month old purebred Boer is sold at P20,000, while a four-month old purebred Anglo Nubian is sold at P8,000.

On the other hand, upgrade (75 percent Boer and 25 percent Anglo Nubian buckling) is sold at P6,500, while the price for doeling of the same percentage is negotiable. The prices for 50 percent doeling upgrades are as follows: Boer, P5,000; Anglo Nubian, P4,000.

Angie said they disperse their 50% Boer and Anglo Nubian bucklings to backyard goat raisers in their barangay. An eight- to 10-month old buckling is exchanged for two native doelings or five cavans of palay. Cash buyers may get it at P100 a kilo liveweight.

However, Angie said they still keep most of the female offspring of their stock as they intend to have 200 does in the farm.

ASSISTANCE

Angie added they owe their success to a number of people and the first small ruminant congress last year where they learned a lot of things, got to know other raisers, and established their linkages with public and private agencies. Since then technical assistance from several agencies have been forthcoming.

For instance, they benefited from the field trial of the artificial insemination program of the Bureau of Animal Industry. They also got bucks from the bureau.

The Small Ruminants Center (SCR) of CLSU has also helped them a lot. Angie narrated that at one time, one of their does had difficulty in kidding. Through the cellphone, Dr. Emilio Cruz of the SRC instructed them step by step on what to do and the kid came out fine.

She added that through the Livestock Development Council, headed by Pete Ocampo, the Road Map of the Goat Industry, which they prepared, reached Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo.

PCARRD will also assist them in establishing the forage and pasture area of their farm.

PROJECTIONS

Angie is optimistic of a bright future for the goat industry based on the fact that she has already recovered the initial capitalization of their goat farm.

In Tarlac alone, she said, there are now a good number of restaurants serving goat menus. In addition, there is a good demand for goats by Muslims.

Although more and more people are also getting interested in goat raising, the present supply is still not enough to meet the demand, especially during Christmas, fiestas, graduations, and other important occasions.

For more information, please call, text or write Angie at tel no. (045)9825148,

CP no. 09204180788, or angie109@yahoo.com.

[mikey]

Re: how to plant flemingia,centrosema,indigofera,calapogonium,ipil-ipil?


Gud day mate! always rmember that goats are browsers,they require
several types of forage for their diet. In planting, you only need to
sow twice the size of the seed you are planting, so that it can easily
emerge 15-21 days from planting. If you sowed the seeds to deep,theres a
big possibility that it wont emerge and it will only rotten. In planting
ipil you need to scarify the seeds first with a sand paper before
planting, it will help to activate the seeds & will provide good
germination. FYI ipil is a gud source of protein for your goats. But if
intercropped with other permanent crops is not gud, bcoz ipil is a deep
rooted plant and it will act as a competition in nutrients to other
crops. It is best planted in boundaries
--- In goatraisers@yahoogroups.com, "gamboapaolo" <gamboapaolo@...>

[mikey]

Goat Raising a Sunshine Industry
EVENTHOUGH few were seriously raising goat, the poor farmer’s livestock, is a hot item in agribusiness. Prospects are bright for the enterprising individual to cash on the great demand of goat meat and milk, locally and in abroad, especially the Muslim population.

Goat can be tapped as one of the main sources of milk and meat in the country aside from cows and carabaos. These small ruminants could potentially provide the nutritional requirements of poor people in the rural areas who could not afford to buy expensive cow’s milk. A fully developed goat industry could also reduce the country’s expenses on importation of milk and meat products. And it is easy to raise and require small capital than cattle production.

A goat when raised for milk can produce an average of one to two liters of milk daily. The best breed for milk purposes is the Anglo-Nubian.

Upgraded goat raising can be viable business venture for farm families, budding entrepreneurs and young farmers. This is one of the many agribusiness projects recommended by Senator Ramon Magsaysay to engage in for those who want to participate to the Young Farmers Program (YFP).

As production of upgraded goats requires minimal initial investment and is not risky, it could be an attractive business venture among rural farm families and budding entrepreneurs.

In starting a profitable goat raising business, one has to have the following production inputs: For backyard operation, the investment includes a goat house and breeding stocks. The operational expenses include veterinary medicines, vaccines, concentrated, additional feed supplement.

For commercial or large-scale operation, the fixed investments include land, goat house, fences, pasture area, water pump, feeding trough, spade, wheel barrow and ropes. Stocks include breeding does and breeding bucks. Operating expenses include veterinary medicines, drugs, vaccines, feed supplements and goat rations, labor, repair and maintenance of goat house, fences, equipment and pasture.

If an investor is to engage in sale of breeders, investments include pure or upgraded Nubian, Toggenburg or Boer buck which costs P7,500 – P12,000/head plus native or upgraded does which cost P1,500 – P4,000/head. An investor could sell his produced upgraded breeders at P3,000 – P12,500/head.

For investors who desire to engage in the sale of goat meat, there is a need to invest in one upgrade Boer for every 25 does. Live goat for sale commands a price ranging from P120 – P180/kilo or minimum of P4,500/head.

To raise goat for commercial milk production, pure or upgraded goats of the Anglo Nubian or Saanen breed is recommended as breeder buck. Goat of this breed could produce 0.7 – 2 liters daily in 215 – 250 days of milking.

Goat raising is highly profitable. With minimal capital investment of P67,250 for 25-doe level; P174,500 for 50-doe level; or P349,000 for 100-doe level, positive net income and return on investment (ROI) are realized, even as early as the first year. The ROI for five year is 67 percent from a 25-doe level operation under semi-confinement scheme and 60 percent from 50-doe and 100-doe level operations under pure confinement system. Payback period is two years.

Though, others can go into this business on a much smaller capital. A farm with one male goat and 10 does can be started with between P30,000 – P40,000. A big part of the capital will go to buying goats. An eight month-old male mestizo breeder goat costs around P7,000. With just one male, you can have 10 females which cost P2,000 each for a total of P20,000, according to Angelina Mendoza of Lakeview Farms in Tarlac City.

Goat production requires simple facilities and level of management. However, for a goat enterprise to be viable and successful, careful planning is imperative. The success of a goat enterprise will primarily depend on the kind and type of animals used as foundation stocks. It is important to choose goat breeds and strains that are adaptable to Philippine condition.

One good thing about goat raising is that improved technologies are now available. These include proper housing, use of improved forage crops, pasture management, control of parasites and diseases, nutrition and others aspects of the business.

There is surge in demand for goats. Although total goat inventory in the country is steadily increasing at more than two percent per year and the demand for breeder stocks is on the rise, still there is not enough supply to meet the current demands because there are few Filipinos raising goat on a large scale that is why the country’s goat population is small and could hardly meet the demand of both the domestic and foreign markets like Saudi Arabia.




Persons and organization you can ask for help about goat raising:

Dr. Edwin Villar
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development
Los Baños, Laguna
Telephone: (049) 536-0014 to 20

Angelina Mendoza
Lakeview Farms, Tarlac City
Telephone: (045)982-5148
Mobile: 0920-4180788

Ketty Chua
Mandaue City, Cebu
Mobile: 0917-6299799

Federation of Goat and Sheep Producers
(Offers) regular training on goat farming)
E-group: goatraisers@yahoogroups.com

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SHEEP AND GOAT MEAT   
Global ovine output forecast to increase despite substantial production decline in Oceania   

Global ovine production is forecast to rise by 2 percent to 14 million tonnes in 2008, particularly due to a higher output in China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. Output is also expected to rise in Africa, especially in Egypt, Morocco and the Sudan, accounting for almost two-thirds of the increase in production of the continent. North American output should increase, particularly in the United States, by more than 1.9 percent, as the income growth in the Hispanic community improves the demand for lamb. By contrast, production is anticipated to contract in most other developed countries. Despite improved weather conditions in Australia, lamb output should fall in 2008, mainly because of animal retention for flock rebuilding. Drought in the North Island of New Zealand and overall poorer climatic conditions may keep 2008 production even with that of 2007. Production in the European Union should continue to decline in 2008 by about 1.4 percent, reflecting the lingering effects of the decoupling of annual premiums for ewe numbers in major producing countries.

World exports of sheep and goat meat in 2008 are estimated to decline by 6 percent to 825 thousand tonnes. Overall sheep meat exports from Australia are now set to contract in 2008 by 9 percent, restricted by tighter supplies and a strong AUD. A similar situation is also expected for New Zealand. Among the major ovine meat importers, purchases by the United States are forecast to increase by 2 percent, driven largely by increased consumer demand. Lower domestic demand, partly caused by relatively high prices of sheep meat, should keep imports of the European Union at the same level of the previous year. It nevertheless remains by far the most important destination of trade in ovine meat.
 

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The city is on its way in further upgrading and producing good (goat) stocks to meet the high demand for chevon in the local market with the recent simultaneous launching of a goat multiplier farm, Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR) and dairy goat production project at Brgy. Dulacac here.
Arnold Taipan, one of the most successful goat raisers in the city, has been chosen as farmer-partner of the said program initiated by the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit I and the city government of Alaminos through the City Veterinary Office.

Taipan, also a graduate Farmer Livestock School (FLS) on Integrated Goat Management (IGM) technology, received 24 heads of upgraded Anglo Nubian does from DA-RFU I as initial stocks.

Dr. Jovita Datuin, ILLIARC-Manager, DA, RFU-I, said under the program, the goats will be raised at Taipan’s farm to help boosts the local breeder base of goats and improve the quality of stocks. 

“Out of this herd, we will soon have direct and accessible source of good breed which will be given away to our future FLS-IGM graduates and farmer beneficiaries,” said Dr. Ronald Abarra, the City Veterinarian.

“We are now working for the establishment of more multiplier farm in other barangays for us to enhance our goat production," Abarra added.



The latest project also complements the health and nutrition programs of the city, said City Administrator Wilmer S. Panabang, who represented the Mayor Hernani A. Braganza in the said affair.



This, as the goat raisers will be trained to produce dairy products which will be purchased by the city government for its year-round supplemental feeding program, hence, improving the nutritional status in the schools and community.

Panabang said the city government is currently implementing the goat commercialization program aimed at supplying the minimum goat requirement of the city and generate additional income for average families.



Since 2005, hundreds of bucks and does were loaned to the FLS-IGM graduates and traditional goat raisers.

And farmer-beneficiaries, in several occasions, revealed that goat raising not just have great potential in Alaminos but indeed increased their income.

According to Manuel Volante, a pioneer goat raiser and also named farmer-partner for CPAR said that most if not all goat breeders in the city are very happy that they shifted on this livestock venture.



He said the return of investment is very high because it only requires low capital and minimal land area and there are available markets.

More importantly, added Volante, “the city government almost provides everything to us: from the technology transfer to the goats loaned to us, and in organizing our group into cooperative”.



Rudy Bristol, President of the Hundred Islands Federation of Goat and Sheep Producers and Practitioners of Pangasinan Inc., said they will no longer be surprised if more farmers will likely to engage on goat production this year.

“Our citymates have already heard and proven that this success stories are for real and this are testaments that goat production is indeed a very lucrative business,” he added.

Bristol thanked Mayor Braganza, in behalf of members of (HIFGASPAPPI) for his noble programs to raise the standard of living in the countryside.

“In return, we will do our best to sustain the program in order to achieving the vision of the city of becoming Northern Luzon’s Goat Capital in the next 5 years,” he added.”

Other guests who graced the event were Jonathan Bugaoan, Livestock Banner Program Coordinator, Dr. Jovito Tabarejas of the Provincial Veterinary Office, City Councilor Cirilo Radoc, Wilfredo Pal-Laya of DA RFU-I, Amado Macabeo-DA-DAR Regional Coodinator and Leonardo Pascua of ILLIARDEC. (CIO)




 
 

[mikey]

May 2001, marked the 1st National Goat and Sheep Congress in Nueva Ecija. The provincial associations organized in 2001 led to the formation of the Federation of Goat & Sheep Producers & Associations of the Philippines, Incorporated (FGASPAPI).  The newly formed federation consolidated the many voices of the country’s goat and sheep raisers and served as the unified voice of the Small Ruminant Industry.  The appreciation of the economic potentials of  these humble animals created the current market situation described as “seller’s” market.” FGASPAPI is recognize as the official representative of the small ruminant industry, it is an active conduit in the development and implementation of programs of the Department of Agriculture. FGASPAPI is also a member of the Livestock Development Council and National Agriculture and Fishery Council.       

main objectives are as follows:

•To provide members with breeder animals with good genetic makeup whenever available.

•Expand and strengthen the marketing network of the small ruminant industry ,

•Consolidate our voice in the industry, the Federation being organized by the Department of Agriculture as the umbrella organization to represent the Goat & Sheep Industry,

•To conduct series of goat and sheep seminars.

•Promote camaraderie and fellowship among commercial and small hold goat and sheep raisers, breeders, and product and service providers for the small ruminant industry.

FGASPAPI Officers 2007-2009:

President
Ben Rara           

Vice President Luzon
Jeff  Lim       

Vice President Visayas
Luis C. Sanchez           

Vice President Mindanao       
Arthur I. Grino           

Secretary / Treasurer             
Neo Abalos   


2007 FGASPAPI Association Members

Goat and Sheep Producers of Tarlac (GASPAT)
By Jeff Lim

Region 4 Small Ruminants Raisers Association (R4SRRA)
By Elmer Rivera
   
Misamis Oriental Goat and Sheep Raisers Association (MOGSRA)
By Nani Nietes

Zamboanga Peninsula Small Ruminant Council
By Art Grino

Cebu Goat and Sheep Raisers Association
by Luis SAnchez

Eastern Visayas Small Ruminants Raisers Association (EVSRRA)
By Lito Rodriguez

Masbate Small Ruminants Organization (MASRO)
By Jose Ataat

Socsksargen Goat and Sheep Raisers Cooperative
By Gauvain Benzonan

Philippine Boer Breeders Association (PBBA)
By Sixto Villaluz

Goat Industry Devlopment Council (GIDC)
By Darwin Tinasas

FGASPAPI manila office 02 7246994, 02 7243209, fax 02 7256079

 
 

 

[mikey]

 Received: Monday, August 18, 2008, 2:33 PM
> Mr. Laquihon,
>
> I beg your indulgence. One of the recepients of your email
> with the scary
> subject CAE HITS MINDANAO - CONSUMER ALARMED! forwarded to
> me this email
> knowing that I am one of those sincerely helping and
> working to grow our yet
> very small goat industry. I am disappointed to read the
> email for the
> folowing reasons:
>
> 1. I cannot understand the motive of the email and I donnot
> want to hazard a
> guess; Your subject is scary, yet you proceed and say go
> ahead and drink
> goats milk.
>
> 2. Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur is not the whole of
> Mindanao;
>
> 3. If DA Region XI has tested MBLRC and found them to be
> CAE positive, they
> must have made the appropriate recommedation on what to do
> with the animals
> for MBLRC to comply;.
>
> 4. It is not true that most of the goats in the Visayas and
> Mindanao came
> from MBLRC. You have mentioned some of the names of goat
> importers and no
> less than 6000 breeder goats, mostly from Australia, have
> been imported into
> the country and not a single case of CAE has been reported.
>
> 5. I see copies of your email sent to print and broadcast
> media. Are you
> suggesting that the incident in MBLRC that happened many
> years ago be aired
> and printed so people will be scared to eat goats meat or
> drink goats milk?
> It could alltogether nip the bud of this slowly growing
> industry. I can see
> that you too are aware of the need for us to improve our
> goat stocks. So why
> alarm the people when you know it is bad for the industry?
> Think of how low
> our current per capita consumption is of goat meat at less
> than a quarter of
> a kilo. We need to increase our goat meat supply to provide
> our population a
> healthier meat alternative. You are not helping the
> industry with this kind
> of information dessimination.
>
> 6. The Livestock Development Council have recently
> formulated a Dairy Goat
> Development Plan which is due to be implemented soon.
> Let's help DA do their
> job.
>
> The BAI have been randomly testing goat farms in Luzon for
> CAE including
> mine, and not a single goat have tested positive. I know
> they are doing
> similar tests in the Visayas and Mindanao to ensure that we
> only raise CAE
> free animals. Let us help government do their job.
>
> Let's promote the goat.
>
> Ben A. Rara
> President,
> Federation of Goat and Sheep Producers Association of the
> Philippines, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 8/17/08, Janoz Laquihon
> <jxysl2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Nakakatakot na pala uminom ng gatas ng kambing. May
> CAE daw!" said one goat
> milk consumer. Let me translate for the sake of
> non-Filipino reader - Its
> so frightening to drink goats milk! It has CAE!
>
>
>
> Theres nothing to be alarmed of! Pasteurized Goats milk is
> always good.
> According to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic
> Laboratory (WADDL) of
> the Washington State University "There is NO evidence
> that the CAE virus is
> transmissible to humans. However, there are other serious
> human pathogens
> which have been transmitted through raw milk."
> Further, pasteurizing milk
> can inactivate the CAE Virus.
>
>
>
>
>
> So what is CAE? CAE is an infection in goats that caused by
> a virus called
> Retroviridae and the sub-family Lentivirinae. It is also
> called Retrovirus
> or "big knee" which according to literature could
> decrease production up to
> 25%.
>
>
>
>
>
> In the recently concluded Goat Raisers Conference held in
> Davao , CAE was
> discussed. Al Hoopes, importer of 5 bucks from USA ,
> claimed that his bucks
> animals were CAE free based on the test results from USA .
> Nevertheless,
> upon arrival to Philippines , it was CAEV positive. There
> is now a question
> of integrity. Dr. Catbagan, Director of Bureau of Animal
> Industry (BAI)
> answered it by saying that Philippines government has the
> right and
> authority to check these animals.
>
>
>
>
>
> Indeed, the Philippine government has its authority. But
> is it capable of
> doing a quarantine measures? I wonder, if Bureau of
> Quarantine has
> facility to quarantine the animals coming in? or are they
> allowing the
> importer to bring in the animals to their farm first?
> This is a gray area
> here. Costly? Yes! But if the government is really keen on
> protecting its
> interest, then, the government should not allow animals to
> come in
> especially from USA . After all, we do not believe in the
> integrity of US
> Quarantine section!
>
>
>
>
>
> What are the implications?
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. Since the bucks were brought to Mindanao Baptist Rural
> Life Center
> Foundation Inc. based in Kinuskusan Bansalan, Davao del
> Sur, the center now
> is bombarded with humors that its herd was CAE infected.
>
>
>
>
>
> How does the CAE virus be transmitted anyway?
>
>
>
>
>
> The CAE virus is transmitted to kids via colostrum. It can
> also be
> transmitted through contaminated instruments (example
> syringes, milking
> machines, hand towels), open wounds, or mucus discharges.
>
>
>
>
>
> If these bucks were used by MBRLC to its existing herd,
> used contaminated
> instruments (syringes without sterilization and
> disinfection), then there
> are chances that the whole herd maybe infected. You think
> MBRLC will do
> that? For those of you who have visited and trained there,
> you do the
> reckoning.
>
>
>
>
>
> During the meeting of Goat Industry Development Council
> (GIC) of Region XI
> held at AJML Goat Farm in Davao on August 16, 2008, one
> member of the
> council asked Dr. Rafael Mercado, chief of the livestock
> division of the
> Department of Agriculture XI (DA), if he is advising them
> to stop looking
> and buying for a good breeding stocks, especially from
> MBRLC. Dr. Mercado
> replied "No, we are not saying that you stop buying…
> you can do it at your
> own risks". He added "so far we only have tested
> MBRLC and found to be CAEV
> positive... I believed on the results conducted by Dr.
> Luban..."
>
>
>
>
>
> The MBRLC is under the jurisdiction of the DA-XI through
> its livestock and
> quarantine divisions. If indeed the bucks are CAEV
> positive, the MBRLC has
> to do the right thing.
>
>
>
>
>
> I thought of having an independent or private laboratory
> for a third opinion
> but who would believe them anyway? We don't believe the
> USA results, how
> much more of an independent laboratory in Philippines .
> After all, the DA
> is still the authority!
>
>
>
>
>
> 2. Most of the stocks around Mindanao and Visayas came
> from MBRLC. If the
> herd of MBRLC is positive of CAE then chances are, most of
> the goats are CAE
> infected. According to Dr. Mercado, "We will try to
> look if MBRLC had spread
> the disease." These alarmed the goat raisers! Surely
> this doesn't affect
> MBRLC only but the Goat Raisers in Philippines that got
> stocks from MBRLC.
> Goat raisers now feared that they got CAE. It doesn't
> help the goat
> industry develop at all but rather it creates dilemma.
>
>
>
>
>
> Some point to ponder in - Since 1971, MBRLC raised goats
> with the help of
> Heifer Project International. There was no mention of this
> disease until
> there was report in 1998 by the Food and Fertilizer
> Technology Center (FFTC)
> for the Asian and Pacific Region based in Taiwan that the
> CAE disease was
> introduced to the Philippines through the importation of 54
> goats from the
> Texas, United States of America, yet it was not clear were
> these animals
> were brought to. Until the recent findings of DA on the 3
> bucks somewhat
> connotes that the whole herd of MBRLC were infected. What
> is the point? If
> you got stocks from MBRLC before the recent stocks arrived
> in MBRLC, I would
> believe that they are CAEV free. However, if you got
> stocks from MBRLC now,
> asks them if the have used the 3 bucks already. You can
> trace their records
> if you don't believe what they say in words.
>
>
>
>
>
> 3. Importation Risk! One goat raiser asked "is the
> disease carried by
> imported breeds?". Dr. Mercado says "yes...
> since we have not seen it in
> our native goats". Not until the report of FFTC.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> There are importers I personally know who gets stocks from
> USA and Australia
> . They are: Kettie Chua, Vice Governor Piñol, Miles
> Abello, Neo Abalos, and
> MBRLC. Are they banned of taken in good breeders from USA
> ? Australia ? or
> other countries? Should the government make an official
> pronouncement that
> we cannot import stocks from these countries?
>
>
>
>
>
> Or what if these people stops importation?
>
>
>
>
>
> Let me illustrate. If you are an importer, went to US,
> selected good stocks
> from best farms around, completed the papers, had the
> quarantine regulations
> completed, clearances, paid my stocks, and shipped the
> animals in. Upon
> arrival, you were told that your animals CAEV positive.
> What would you do?
> Burn the animals? Well, if you have the money to buy
> another shipment then
> do it. If you don't have enough money don't import!
> Sometimes Money talks!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Whose lose is it after all? It's not the importers at
> all. It's the Goat
> industry!
>
>
>
>
>
> Why? We cannot improve our goat breeds.
>
>
>
>
>
> Among the 5 importers I knew, I only heard MBRLC to be CAEV
> positive. I
> don't know what are the reasons are, but I would believe
> these importers are
> also willing to have their previous herd tested for free.
>
>
>
>
>
> What if these private companies don't want to be tested
> at all! Testing
> will costs them about P300/blood sample collected. The
> government will not
> accredit their goat farm if they refuse to be tested. What
> are the laws,
> policies, or ordinances on these? I wish to know too.
>
>
>
>
>
> What would the government do? The Philippine government
> had allotted P3M
> for Visayas and Mindanao through Livestock Development
> Council. According
> to Dr. Mercado, who is now the in-charge of OPLAN CAE in
> Mindanao and
> Visayas, this money will be used CAEV testing and the
> testing will be free
> of charge until December 2008. He further stressed that
> they are now
> studying how to get a good samples and spread the resource
> so that it will
> be based on scientific methods. He told every goat raisers
> to submit their
> farm profile so that they can use this baseline data. How
> long would it
> take for the government to study how to get good
> representative samples for
> CAE testing? I do not know. Maybe 2 years or more! I
> believe Dr. Mercado
> would not take that long. As of today, its personnel just
> finished training
> in conducting the CAE test using cELISA test.
>
>
>
>
>
> P3M is not for the reagents alone but also for trainings
> and mobilization.
> This will be thinly spread in Visayas and Mindanao . This
> amount is not
> sufficient since goat population in Mindanao surely had
> increased. If this
> amount is enough to have scientific and significant
> results, I would commend
> the DA! If not, it's a waste of time and money! It's a
> shame! Let's wait
> and see!
>
>
>
>
>
> If I will be ask how would they use the P3M? My answer –
> Let the DA buy
> Bucks or Does that are CAE free outside the country! It
> might be more
> meaningful.
>
>
>
>
>
> Again there NO EVIDENCE THAT CAE is transmissible to
> Humans!
>
>
>
>
>
> Go get Goats milk! It is nutritious compared to other
> animal's milk!
>
>
>
>
>
> Keep on Goat Raisers! Don't be fooled of the political
> warfare in goat
> industry. Let's do what we can do today without
> waiting for them. After
> all, there were no clear intervention and development plan
> of the government
> offices on Dairy Goat Industry - they focused on Dairy
> Cattle. If there is
> one though, act now and show it to the goat raisers with
> sincerity.
>
>
>
> What are your thoughts on these? Don't hesitate to
> share. It will be most
> appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------
> Janoz Xn Yesu S. Laquihon
> Contact: +639208688862
> Web : www.laquihonandsons.blogspot.com

[spokolongkong]

sir.. why or how did you say that goats milk is more nutritious than other animals milk?

[mikey]

Compare the Health Benefits of Goat Milk Versus Cow Milk
 
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Although Americans are accustomed to cow's milk, goat's milk is much more common in most other parts of the world. Goats are hardier than cows, are inexpensive, and take up less space.

Goat's milk is closest to mother's milk than any other food. Goat's milk is a complete protein and contains every essential amino acid. Yet it contains significantly less fat than cow's milk.

Goat milk is easy to digest, even for babies. Goat milk has more medium chain fatty acids than cow milk, which aids in easier digestion. Goat milk fat consists of 35 percent medium chain fatty acids, compared with 17 percent found in cow milk. Almost half of people who are lactose intolerant are able to drink goat's milk.

Three different medium chain fatty acids found in goat milk are thought to have health benefits for people with certain types of diseases, especially diseases involving metabolism. Some of these conditions include cystic fibrosis, gallstones, heart disease, and various digestive problems. Goat milk has three times more of these types of medium chain fatty acids than cow milk.

Goat's milk contains less of the enzyme xanthine oxidase than cow's milk. When this enzyme enters the bloodstream, it can create scar tissue on the heart. This, in turn, causes the body to produce cholesterol for protection. This can be a precursor to arteriosclerosis.

Goat milk contains more vitamin A than cow milk. Cow milk's vitamin A content is partially consistent of carotenoids, which must be turned into vitamin A by the body. All of the vitamin A found in goat milk is pre-formed. This is an advantage to people with health conditions which prevent their bodies from being able to form vitamin A from carotenoids. Goat's milk also contains more riboflavin than cow's milk.

A cup of goat's milk has almost 33 percent of the recommended daily allowance for calcium, compared to almost 30 percent of the recommended daily allowance for calcium in a cup of cow's milk.

A cup of goat milk also supplies more protein than a cup of cow milk, almost nine grams of protein compared to about eight grams of protein in cow milk.

Hope this answers your question,1 cow eats as much as 5 goats,5 goats will produce more milk (under the right conditions) than 1 cow.For a tropical country makes more sense to milk goats over cows.