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Blog Spots for Goat Gossip

 

Past Dew Goat Gossip

 

Fred VanderMartin

 

The Cajun Connection

 

Micky Latiolais

 

Mercy Me

 

Mercedes Hardin

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY

 

Goat Bowl Questions

 

Department of Animal Science - Meat Goats

 

Through this link there is everything you can imagine, from castration, disbudding, eartagging, tattooing.  How to buy a goat, different meat goat breeds, feeds, hoof trimming, parts of the goat, digestive system, castrating and uirinary calculi. Vitamins & minerals and getting your goat ready for a show.

Really a fantastic source of information. Check it out.

 

Department of Animal Science - Dairy Goats

 

This link has information about the dairy goat breeds, parts of the dairy goat, facility information, rountine health care, disbudding, teeth and aging, the digetive system, and a whole wealth of information about dairy goats.

 

Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL)

 

"Caseous Lymphadenitis or CL is a highly contagious bacterial disease that affects sheep and goats. CL is characterized by abscess formations in the skin, internal and external lymph nodes, and internal organs. CL is a worldwide chronic disease in goats and sheep; however, some animals within a herd appear to be very resistant to this disease."

Alabama Cooperative Exension. Service

 

Merck Veterinary Manual on CL

 

 


 

Goat Link (TM)

 

This is a great site that has so much valuable information.

 

Glossery of terms 

 

Feeding Bottle Babies

 

Goat Scours

 

Castratration-Banding

 

Goat Bloat

 

Deworming properly

 

Vitamins and Minerals

 

Meidcation conversions