Goat Industry Flashcards
differences between goats and sheep
goats:
- 60 chroms
- browse feeders
- rear fighting
- lying out young
- undevided top lip
- beards
- sebaceous gland beneath tail
- erect tail
- wattles
sheep:
- 54 chroms
- graze feeders
- back up and charge fighters
- young with ewe
- divided upper lip
- no beards
- hanging tails
- infraorbital, interdigital, inguinal glands
- no wattles
types of goat fibres
- cashmere
- Mohair
goat cashmere properties
- double fleece
- fine soft undercoat
-coarse guard hairs
*pashmina goats
mohair propertes
- less fine but higher yield
- double fleece
- undercoat longer than outer coat
how much does the goat meat industry make in aus every year
$270 million
how much does goat milk make each year
$11 million
how much does goat fibre make each year -> both types
- mohair = $1.45 million
- cashmere = $88,000
what is a:
- Buck/billy
- Doe/nanny
- Wether
- Kid
- Buckling
- Goating
buck: adult male
doe: adult female
wether: castrate male
kid: young goat
buckling: male 12-24 months
goatling: female 12-24 months
types of goa production systems (3)
- agricultural (intensive)
- domestic (extensive)
- rangeland
what are goat depots?
- rangeland goats are rapped and kept in outdoor large pens until slaughter
- short term
what is capretto goat meat
- up to 20 weeks
- no secondary sex charactristics
- carcass up to 12kg
- pale pink meat
- milk fed
what is kid meat
- no permanent incisors
- no secondary sex characteristics
what is chevon/capra meat
- no more than 2 permanent incisors
- no secondary characteristics
what is goat meat
- any age
- entire or castrate
- any carcass weight
- skin on or skin off
how long does lactation last in goats
- 300 days (2-3L per day)
- 4L/day at peak
when are kids weaned
- need mlk for 6 weeks then transition to solids
when are goats in oestrus
- 18-21 day cycle
- autumn - winter
when are goats first mated
- 17 months old
how long s goat gestation
- 150 days (5 months)
when does disbudding occur
- up to 7 days
- hot iron
- pain relief if dehorning after 6 months
when does castration occur
- before 12 weeks
- ring
- pain relief after 6 months
what are goats vaccinated for
- clostridial diseases
- Johne’s disease
NLIS tag rules
- right ear = female
- left ear = male
- pink post breeder tag opposite ear
- exempt if on property of birth, straight to slaughter, depots or unweaned
goat diseases common
- worms
- coccidioosis
- lice
- meat and milk residues
signs of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)
- wasting,
- enlarged painful joints
- pneumonia, mastitis, neurological signs
signs of jhone’s disease
- wasting
- diarrhoea
wha is the national kid rearing plan
- plan to stop spread of CAE and JD
- national goat health declaration for buying/selling
what is GoatMAP
goat market assurance program
- risk for CAE and JD
- buyers can source low risk goats
- sellers demonstrate status
- reduced spread at shows and sales
3 modules:
- GoatBIO
- JDMAP
-CAEMAP
