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Toxoplasmosis in Goats

Add to Favorites Toxoplasmosis in goats isn’t a disease that will cause severe production losses. However, its zoonotic risk makes it an important disease. Most people are instructed not to …

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Reader Photos – Winter 2024
February 9, 2025 · · Ownership

Add to Favorites Oatie and Barley Oatie and Barley: We adopted their pregnant mom from a farm animal rescue in Ohio without knowing much about her due date or anticipated …

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Goat Glam: Fall 2025
February 9, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Goat Glam will feature two goats for assessment each Time. We’ll discuss each doe’s good traits, what could be better, and what to look for in a …

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Dairy Goat Production

Add to Favorites Whether deciding sales, goals, management, breeding, or monitoring health, collecting data helps keep dairy goat production up in your herd. Collecting data is an objective way to …

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What to Look for in a Breeding Buck
February 8, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites A breeding buck is the fastest way to improve — or ruin — a herd of goats. Buck selection for breeding isn’t a decision to be made …

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Sergeant Bill: WWI War Goat and Hero
February 8, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites If you visit the Broadview Museum in Broadview, Saskatchewan, you’ll likely see a unique piece of Canadian military history: a stuffed goat. But this isn’t just any …

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Goat Meat: The Responsible Side Effect of Breeding
February 8, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites How could anyone eat goat meat or sell such an endearing animal as meat? If you’d met us 15 years ago, we were there, too. Our farm …

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Preventing Meningeal Worm with Poultry
January 27, 2025 · · Health, Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Meningeal worm (Paralaphostrongylus tenuis), also known as brainworm or deer worm, is spread between white-tailed deer and domestic goats, sheep, and other livestock and causes severe neurological …

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From This Side of the Ring: Choosing a Buck Goat
January 27, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites What’s a good buck goat? One that has data behind him from ADGA performance programs or productive daughters. With the dog days of summer behind us, we’re …

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Goat Supplies
December 28, 2024 · · Ownership

Add to Favorites “What basic goat supplies and goat-handling equipment do I need?” is a common question among people planning to get goats. The answer is that it begins with …

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