Winter Management Practices for Goats
Winter Management Practices for Goats Frequent scratching may indicate your goats have lice, which needs to be controlled. With all animals, winter is a stressful time. We, as livestock owners, can help reduce that stress by providing our animals with the proper care, feeding and management practices to help ensure our animals thrive during the […]
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Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid
Colostrum Management for the Dairy Goat Kid Feeding kids the correct amount of high-quality colostrum immediately after birth is one of the most important management practices in kid management. Colostrum is so important that sometimes it is called “liquid gold”. The Importance of Colostrum All mammals produce colostrum. It is the thick, yellowish, first milk […]
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Frequently Asked Questions on Gastrointestinal Parasites in Goats
Frequently Asked Questions on Gastrointestinal Parasites in Goats Parasites cause disease when they are present in large numbers or when the host animal is weakened by another disease or by poor nutrition. Damage to the host occurs when the parasites attach to the lining of the gastrointestinal tract and ingest blood – large numbers of […]
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