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Table of Contents
Bibliography Building and Planning A-L
Bedding Depth of bedding Water Absorbing Capacity of Bedding Materials Business Planning Feeder space Fencing Fencing Type and Height for Pastures and Pens and Lots Measurements useful for fencing: Fence Posts Post Holes Hay Storage Hay Capacity per foot of shed length Hay / Straw Storage Space Heating Lumber Actual size vs. labeled size Understanding board feet
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When to replace inflations Shells Milk Meters Power Take-offs Clean In Place (CIP) Pulsators/ Pulsator Boards Vacuum Gauge Teat Dip Cups Headstall units Milking Stands Milking Parlor Arrangement Options Stand arrangement: single and double Stanchion arrangements on the stand: herringbone, parallel, or straight. Pipeline arrangements: Low-line , Mid-line , High-line (standard or swing Milk Room Equipment Bulk tanks Bulk tank temperatures Bulk tank capacity Bulk tank washer Sinks Equipment washing sinks Handwashing sinks Hose chute Cooling compressor Vacuum Pump Milk Jar Milk pipe filter (sock) box Paper towel holder Self-closing doors Milk Room Setup Avg. peak pounds of milk per day per commercial dairy goat Milkout time: Stray voltage between equipment and ground Minimum air flow requirements to milk on a pipeline system Minimum air flow to wash per loop of pipeline Regulators and Safety Valves Vacuum Level Vacuum Lines Traplines Pulsation lines Sanitary Trap Milk Lines Milk Room Instruction Sheet
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Conformation
ADGA Standards for Judging Dairy Goats Breed Characteristics How to examine a goat before you buy Parts of the Dairy Goat
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Blue Bag (See Mastitis, Black) Blue Tongue Border Disease (See BDV) Brucellosis
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Gangrenous Mastitis (See Mastitis, Black) Johnes Disease (Paratuberculosis) Ketosis (See PregnancyToxemia if the goat is dry and pregnant. See Lactational Ketosis if the goat has recently delivered her kids and is now milking.)
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Zinc Deficiency
Forms
Bill of sale for dairy goats (simple) Body Condition Score, Weight, Parasite Score Chart Breeding plan (Word document) Breeding plan (PDF document) Breeding and Birthing Chart Building Record Sheet Birthing schedule Contract for sale of entire herd Figuring Milk and Colostrum Amounts for Each Day Herd inventory Individual goat records Inventory of Bucks Inventory of Kids Inspection checklist Coming soon Milk check summary chart Milk preparation chart Milking parlor worksheet Milk record sheets Milk room instruction sheet (using acid sanitizer) Milk room instruction sheet (no acid sanitizer) Mixing Milk and Colostrum Replacer Naxcel dosage chart Numbered list of goats Treatment chart
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Sustainable methods Treatments with chemicals: Pasture forages for the southern U.S. Pasture forages for the tropics Pasture forages for Wisconsin livestock grazing Cool season grasses Warm season grasses Alternative forages Pasture mix specifically recommended for pastured goats in Shawano County, Wisconsin Pasture planting recommendations by soil type, for Wisconsin livestock Planning birthing to make best use of pasture forage Training Goats To Electric Fence Parsons Method Watering system for pastures Links
Medical A-D
Abdominal Pain Age Determination Using teeth to determine age Broken mouth in an old goat. Age when teeth come in Using presence of body parts to determine fetal age Using fetal length to determine fetal age Anatomy and Physiology Assessment Form Behavior of Goats Blood Sampling Body Condition Scoring Boluses and balling guns Castration Cleaning/ Disinfecting Composting Dead Goats Disaster Preparedness For Livestock Disbudding (see "Horns" on Medical page E-M) Drenching and Dosing Drug Databases Drug Labeling, Extra-Label Drug Use (ELDU), AMDUCA, MUMS Drug Dosages (How to Figure Them)
Medical E-M
Ear Tags External parasites (Lice, fleas, ticks, mites, keds) browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API
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Links: Goat Facts Herd Health Program Hoof Trimming Horns: Disbudding, dehorning, removing scurs Reasons for removing horns Reasons for keeping horns on the goats Disbudding (removing horn buds from newborns) Dehorning (removing horns from adult goats) Scur removal (removing thin horns that have grown back in spite of previous disbudding) IV Medication or blood drawing from a vein
Medical N-R
Parasite Control (Internal, parasites) Signs of heavy parasite load Anti-parasite drugs (also called dewormers or anthelmintics) Three Approaches to Parasite Control: Smart Drenching, Bliss Method, Hutchins Method 1) Smart drenching 2) The Bliss Method of controlling internal parasites 3) The Hutchins approach to controlling worms on pasture Other ideas about parasite control Testing for anti-parasite (anthelmintic) drug effectiveness Two main types of parasites from the Trichostronguloidies family Factors that affect the release of adult parasites FAMACHA testing Links: Parasites (external) (see the " Fleas and Ticks" section of the Medical E-M page) Paste medications Poisonous Plants Quarantine Reportable Diseases
Medical S-Z
Shots Filling a syringe Giving A Shot How to give IM shots (intramuscular) How to give SQ shots (subcutaneous) Taking a Goat's Pulse (Heart rate) Taking a Goat's Respiration Rate (Breathing rate) Taking a Goat's Temperature Tattoo Identification
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How to tattoo Teeth Broken mouth in an old goat Dental anatomy in ruminants Sore teeth, especially in older animals Ticks (see External parasites on Medical C-E page) Tube feeding How to insert a feeding tube Ultrasounds Rectal ultrasounds Abdominal ultrasounds Ultrasounds and Abortion Ultrasounds and Hydrometria Using ultrasound to measure fetal age Vaccinations CD&T For prevention of overeating disease ( also called enterotoxemia) Selenium Pasteurella Pneumonia Vaccine Tetanus Wattles Procedure for wattle removal Weight Method 1: Heartgirth conversion chart Method 2: Heartgirth and length formula
Milk Production
Antibiotic Residue In Milk Milk and Slaughter Withhold Times Testing the milk for antibiotics Common mistakes that cause antibiotic contamination in milk What to do if you think you milked a goat on antibiotics by mistake Consequences of shipping milk with antibiotics in it On-farm test kits for antibiotic residue Apocrine Secretion (Goat) v. Alveolar Secretion (Cow) Breeding for conformation, increased milk production and components Colostrum Components: Butterfat and Protein Butterfat (also called milk fat) Butterfat Normal values How to raise butterfat Milk Protein Plants That May Affect Milk Quality
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Nutrition-Grouping Goats To Simplify Feeding Nutrition- Links to articles and webpages on nutrition Nutrition- Formulating and Adjusting Rations
National Research Council Guidelines on feeding goats
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Nutrition calculators The Goats Diet in Confinement Operations 1) Forage (hay, fiber, roughage) Types of hay Options for storage: Hay Quality Hay Quality, Feed Values, Approximate Prices (Note: price will vary widely year to year) Recommendations on cutting alfalfa in Wisconsin Forage maturity and feed value Sampling forage Using Round Bales in a Commercial Goat Dairy Problems with round bale feeders Methods of delivering round baled hay or baleage to the feeding area Storing round bales outdoors Round bale: hay or baleage 2) Supplement (grain, ration) Using supplements in the goat diet Adjusting supplement for diffferent quality forages 3) Minerals Figuring Minerals for your Goats diet Making a mineral feeder Links: 4) Vitamins 5) Buffer 6) Water Checking an animals nutritional status
Plans
Goat Dairy Library plans Adult goat coat Attaching Pritchard Nipples to Bucket Feeders Feed bunk, concrete walkway Feed bunk, industrial shelving, slanted headstalls Feed bunk, wood, pallet headstalls Feed bunk, wood, slatted headstalls Feeder, vertical, mineral (PVC) Figuring Stand Space (goats parallel) Headstalls, pallet board, different applications Kid box Making Bucket Feeders (using plastic buckets with lamb nipples) Mini-Milker
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Round bale feeders for goats Stand, metal, herringbone, for parlor milking (VERY slow to load. Many pictures. Be patient.) Stand, metal, parallel, for parlor milking Three-sided shed Three -sided shed, simple Watering Unit, Hudson Valve-Plasson Coupler.pdf Wooden milking stand for one goat (made of plywood) Plans from other sites
Reference
Equipment Suppliers and Service Providers Farm Newspapers in Wisconsin and elsewhere Goat books and pamphlets highly recommended for the new producer Goat Magazines/Newspapers Help Lines Labs (Wisconsin) Understanding Percent Understanding the pH scale, measuring acidity (acid) and alkalinity (base)
Reproduction
Abortion Age at first service Artificial insemination Birthing Birthing stages (stages of labor)
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Normal presentation Kidding Photos Difficult births Rate Signs that there is a problem with the delivery When to assist How to assist How to tell if all babies have been delivered and the placenta has been discharged (Bumping) Naval cord care Number of fetuses Signs the goat is within 24 hours of birthing Ligament test Signs of labor Supplies needed for birthing Time of birthing Uterine Inertia What to expect after birthing is over Birthing Links Breeding Body condition score during breeding season Breeding cycle General breeding patterns in tropical and temperate climates Breeding "in season" in Wisconsin (breeding September - December, birthing February - May) Breeding "Out of season" Using lights to stimulate out of season breeding Using Progesterone, Progestins with gonadotropins, Prostaglandin to stimulate breeding Breeding Older Does Buck harnesses for recording breeding Flushing Forms Links Buck fertility and stamina Buck preparation for breeding season The scrotum Number of does serviced per buck Semen concentration Signs that the buck is ready for breeding Testicular or penile problems Selecting economically importent genetic traits with the highest heritability Links Heat (estrus, oestrus) Duration of standing heat Heat detection with a buck rag
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Heat stimulation Using a teaser Buck to stimulate heat Using the "Buck Effect"to stimulate heat Ovulation Signs of heat Signs that heat is ending Sound of a goat in heat Synchronizing heat for group breeding using "the buck effect" Time between heat periods Infectious reproductive diseases Milking through Pregnancy Average length of pregnancy Dry period Fetal development Hydrometria (also called "false pregnancy" or "cloudburst pregnancy") Pregnancy testing Hormonal assays Ultrasound Xrays Signs of pregnancy
Seminar Notes Caprine Milk Quality and Mastitis (Dr. Scott Haskell)
Goat Nutrition Seminar (Tim Thompson) Parasitology Seminar (Dr. Bliss) Reproduction and Breeding of Dairy Goats (Dr. Scott Haskell) Feeding for lactation (Dr. Robert Van Saun) All of the following handouts from this seminar are available at: http://vbs.psu.edu/extension/resources/dr.-van-sauns-publications/proceedings-papers-and-posters/small-ruminant: 1) Feeding for lactation 2) Vitamin and Mineral Supplements 3) Feeding for Two: How to Properly feed the goat and her rumen 4) Transition diets for small ruminants: understanding pregnancy nutrition and it's impact on animal health Troubleshooting Plate Count Problems (Lenny Schaub)
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Forms for goat sales General information about buying goats How Many Goats Should You Buy? Insurance Licensed Wisconsin and Illinois dairy plants that buy milk from WI producers Milk Pickup Milk Tests Minimum milk production levels for goats in a commercial herd Regulations/ Plan Review/ Inspection Scrapies tags Start-up costs Supplies You Will Need To Buy Those Difficult First Weeks of Milking Understanding Taxes Veterinary Issues What happens when you are applying to be on a milk route (Kolb Lena) What to do if you can't get on a route
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