Goats

Question 1

herd

Answer 1

group pf goats

Question 2

doe

Answer 2

female goat

Question 3

doeling

Answer 3

young female goat

Question 4

buck

Answer 4

intact male goat

Question 5

wether

Answer 5

castrated male goat

Question 6

kid

Answer 6

baby goat

Question 7

kidding

Answer 7

goat giving birth

Question 8

multipurpose

Answer 8

milk, meat, hair, skins, land management

dairy goats can also be meat goats

Question 9

What is the fastest growing livestock industry in the US?

Answer 9

the goat industry

Question 10

Meat Breeds

Answer 10

-Spanish Goat
-Boer
-Kiko
-Savanna(h)
-Myotonic
-Texmaster

Question 11

Dairy Breeds

Answer 11

-Saanen
-Alpine
-Nubian
-Toggenburg
-LaMancha
-Oberhasli
———————
-Sable
-Nigerian Dwarf

Question 12

Other Breeds

Answer 12

-Pygmy
-Kinder Goat

Question 13

Sexual Maturity

Answer 13

4-5 months

Question 14

Physiological Maturity

Answer 14

doe - 7-10 months
buck - 12 months

Question 15

Gestation

Answer 15

(145-155 days) avg 150 days

Question 16

What determines breeding season??

Answer 16

kidding season!!

Question 17

Goats are seasonal breeders

Answer 17

short day - photoperiod
–> serotonin –> melatonin –> GnRH

Question 18

estrus

Answer 18

12-30 hours

Question 19

estrous

Answer 19

17-24 days (avg 21 days)

Question 20

fetal cortisol

Answer 20

a stress hormone from the fetus that tells the mother it is time to give birth

Question 21

kidding pen

Answer 21

heat lamps, creep area, temporary housing

Question 22

Most common amount of offspring?

Answer 22

Twins!! (but can have upwards of 4)

Question 23

reproduction lifespan

Answer 23

4-5 paraties is avg.
6-8 paraties on the upper end

Question 24

Browsing

Answer 24

Goats (and deer) browse!
-eat leaves, twigs, bark, high growing vegetation

Question 25

Grazing

Answer 25

sheep and cattle
-grass and things close to the ground

Question 26

Platter Style

Answer 26

20 lbs or less

Question 27

Roasting Styles

Answer 27

15-30 lbs

Question 28

BBQ Style

Answer 28

20-40 lbs

Question 29

Food Service Styles

Answer 29

30+ lbs

Question 30

Hotel Style

Answer 30

40+ lbs

Question 31

Linear Appraisal

Answer 31

the showing and standards of goats
-ideal standards
-thin and angular
-mammary system

Question 32

Globally..

Answer 32

more people drink goat milk than cow milk

Question 33

Recorded Grade

Answer 33

Animal that can not be registered

Question 34

ADGA

Answer 34

American Dairy Goat Association

Question 35

Dissbudding/Dehorning

Answer 35

all dairy goats have horns
-3-5 days old
by..
-hot iron
-caustic paste
-knife

Question 36

foot rot treatments

Answer 36

-medicated foot bath
-antibiotics

Question 37

mastitis

Answer 37

inflammation of the mammary gland and udder tissues cause by a bacterial infection

treatment and control are the largest costs in the dairy industry

Question 38

mastitis cause

Answer 38

-after milking the teat and sphincter are open
-the goat could then go lay in bacteria
-the infection builds from the outside

Question 39

mastitis treatments

Answer 39

antibiotics
–> dump the milk!!!

Question 40

mastitis prevention

Answer 40

• clean and dry bedding
  -milking protocol
  -proper treatment

Question 41

Alveoli

Answer 41

where milk is produced

Question 42

Dry Period

Answer 42

Resting time for the goat
- 60 days long
(milk production will stop 4 days after you stop milking)

Question 43

Contributors to Milk Production

Answer 43

-phenotype
-permanent environment
-genetics (**most predictable)