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Avoiding Contamination in Goat Milk Lotion
Making goat milk lotion isn’t difficult, but there are some steps that shouldn’t be avoided. Take care to reduce or eliminate contamination.
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Ham and Cheese Poppers
Serve these delicious ham and cheese poppers for lunch, dinner, or as an appetizer. They’re excellent for snacks or tossing into lunch boxes.
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Loaded Cheesy Pizza Pockets
These homemade, loaded, cheesy pizza pockets are my way of getting my nostalgic junk food fix without sacrificing quality ingredients and a healthier meal or snack to our kitchen table.
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Nasal Bot Flies
Nasal bot flies — Oestrus ovis — are a worldwide parasite mainly affecting sheep and goats (along with deer and occasionally horses, dogs, cats, and even humans).
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Rabies in Goats
Rabies is a fatal viral disease affecting warm-blooded animals’ brains and central nervous systems. Still fairly rare in goats in the U.S., a few are diagnosed with rabies every year.
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Bottle Jaw in Goats
Discover the most common cause of bottle jaw and get a rundown of the lesser-known culprits behind this disturbing ailment.
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In Memoriam—Christina Strickland January 3, 1948, to July 14, 2022
Add to Favorites By Cheryl K. Smith Last year saw the loss of a shining star in the dairy goat community: Christina Strickland of Scio, Oregon. She was a premier …
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Grafting Goat Kids to Another Doe
If you weren’t planning for a bottle baby, you may wonder if you could convince an adoptive doe to foster kids.
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The Challenge of Ringwomb in Goats
Usually, when a doe goes into labor, an interaction of hormones and contractions of the uterus causes the cervix to soften and dilate. With ringwomb, this process goes awry, and the kid gets stuck.
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Kidding Malpresentations on the Canyon
Even experienced goat owners encounter difficult births and malpresentations.
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