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57 Cards in this Set
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Kidding |
act of giving birth |
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Doe |
female goat |
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Buck |
intact male |
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Kid |
young goat
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Wether |
male goat castrated after sexual maturity |
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Chevon |
meat of goats |
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Browse |
consumption of leafy shrubs & bushes above the ground |
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Wattle |
2" pendant of skin hanging from neck of goats |
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Genus and species |
Capra hircus |
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Goat products |
produces fairly well; milk, milk products, meat, mohair, skins |
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Milking goats |
milked twice a day every day; milk commonly used for people with problem digesting cow's milk |
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About goats |
known as "poor man's cow," less expensive to keep up, ruminant, little acres |
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Personality of goats |
playful, most are docile, loving animals, curious, destructive, frustrating to work with on vet tech side; like to be on high objects, good jumpers, confined to an area for least amount of damage, will not be driven ahead like sheep; must catch alpha and lead it and the rest will follow |
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Habits |
not difficult to catch or handle, usually unaggressive, exception: buck duing breeding; creatures of habit; like to be groomed; grousers over grazers; 8-12 in. off ground - bushes, shrubs, etc. |
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Bucks |
stronger, aggressive during breeding, don't turn back on them, keep up with where the buck is at |
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TPR of goat |
T: 101-104
P: 60-90 bpm R: 15-40 bpm |
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smell of buck |
strong odor can get into milk; will urinate on themselves, esp. on their beards; will deodorize and trim beards |
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Lactation |
7-10 months |
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Dry doe |
2 months; gives the udder a rest |
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Heat Milk Production |
2-3 months post partum |
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Foot Care |
prevent excess growth at toes, heels, and side walls with sharp knife or sheers Improves appearance, mobility, and comfort of goat Repeated every 6-8 weeks to control foot rot |
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Foot Rot |
caused by bacteria from soil that destroys connective tissue between the hoof wall and sole causing separation, inflammation, and lameness Tx: Copper sulfate solution, zinc sulfate solution, iodine, or 10% formuline solution all in foot baths or applied directly to the hoof Prevent by using 10% Clorox solution |
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Navel Ill |
common in newborn kids; bacteria enters umbilical cord Cause: arthritis; difficult to treat Prevent: dip naval in 7% iodine after birth and provide clean birthing stall |
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Enterotoxemia
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"over-eating" bacteria: clostridium perfrengies Susceptible to this from overfed grains or pasture or during sudden feed changes Preventable: vaccine starts at 1 month of age and receive 2 injections 2 weeks apart and annual boosters |
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CAE |
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Chronic viral Cause: crippling arthritis, paralysis, weight loss, and pneumonia Kids can get infected by the doe's milk No vaccine Blood tests to test CAE - free herd desirable |
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Coccidiosis |
protozoan parasites Cause: bloody diarrhea and weakness Prevent: coccidiostat in feed |
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Tetanus |
bacteria: clostridium tetani Enters wounds Causes: muscle tetani - stiff saw-horse stance; hypersensitivity to loud noises; death by respiratory failure Vaccine available Pregnant doe vaccinated 1 month before birth then vaccinate kids at 6-8 weeks old; booster with wounds |
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Mastitis |
staph, step,and pasteurella, pseudomonas; if diagnosed: milk cannot be consumed for human consumption |
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Brucellosis |
brucella organism Zoonotic Via milk Every dairy herd must be tested once a year |
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Urolithiasis |
stones in urinary system Male, small ruminants @ high risk due to feeding excessive grain and small urethra and urethral process Common site for obstruction may have to use surgery if can't be flushed |
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Bucks Puberty
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3 months
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Doe puberty |
6-9 months |
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Reproduction |
separate kids around 3 months; doe - born in spring and ready to breed by fall; seasonally polyestrous; fall and winter, August through January |
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Does at birth - breeding |
85-90# or 9-10 months old |
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Heat cycle |
every 21 days and lasts 2-3 days |
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Signs of estrous |
restlessness, constant bleeding, tail twitching, swollen vulva, frequent urination, riding other does, standing to be ridden by other does |
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Heat check |
put pressure on back near tail head and the doe will elevate or twitch the tail; or use buck |
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If the doe is found to be in heat in the A.M... |
it should be bred that evening, and if it is found that evening, it should be bred the next morning |
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Gestation |
5 months or 150 days |
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Treat Naval - Neonatal care |
7% iodine or chlorex |
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Neonatal care - Warm and dry |
prevent chilling with a towel and also rub for respiration |
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Colostrum |
needed for 3-5 days after birth |
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Prepared for parturition |
warm climate; multiple births are common; watch for signs of dystocia; goat will give up easily |
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Other neonatal care |
Forms of ID, birth weight, tetanus antitoxin and vaccine
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Breeding
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hand mating, pasture breeding, and AI
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Hand mating |
buck housed in separate lot and doe in heat taken to him Adv: precise breeding dates, skip heat cycles to stagger, kidding dates Disadv: separate housing, labor intensive |
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AI |
frozen semen and AI technician required Adv: inexpensive, precise breeding dates, elimination of buck odor in milk Disadv: labor intensive, required heat detection program |
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Pasture breeding |
let buck run in pasture with does; breeding unsupervised Adv: little labor, high conception rate Disadv: no precise breeding date, young does bred too early; buck chase 1 doe and miss others' heat cycle |
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1st way to feed kids |
remove kid immediately after birth, milk colostrum from doe and bottle feed, or give replacement colostrum |
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2nd way to feed kids |
allow kid to nurse 2-3 days for colostrum and handraise it |
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3rd way to feed kids |
allow doe to raise kid and take out of milking herd |
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Disbudding |
act of removing horn buds at early age - usually within first week used with disbudding iron - heated and applied to horn buds, don't get too close to brain |
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Deodorizing |
done at same time as disbudding with same iron, remove scent glands of male goats, located behind and to the inside of horn buds; 2 sets of overlapping rings with iron to get rid of both |
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Castration |
buck kids: during 1st week with disbudding and deodorizing; before 12 weeks if not using to breed |
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Identification |
keep accurate records of milk production, multiple births, heat cycles, and health problems |
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Common ID |
ear tattoo, neck chains w/ # tags, freeze branding |
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Wattle Removal |
Removed because kids like to suck on them, causing injury and infection; use scissors and cut them off |
