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Goats Flashcards

1
Q

What is a doe?

A

Adult female goat

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2
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What is a dowling?

A

Young female goat

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3
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What is a buck/billy?

A

Male entire goat

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4
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What is a buckling?

A

Young male goat

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5
Q

What is a wether?

A

Castrated male goat

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6
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What is a kid?

A

Baby goat

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7
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What goat breed is best used for meat?

A

Boer

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8
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What goat breed is best used for Dairy?

A

Toggenberg, Sanem, Anglionuben, Golden Guernsey

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9
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What goat breed is best for fleece?

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Angora, Cashmere

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10
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What goat breed is usually used as a pet?

A

Pygmy

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11
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At what age do goats require ear tags?

A
  • 6 months if housed overnight
  • 9 months if not housed overnight
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12
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Why does goat milk not have to be pasteurised?

A

Tb content is low

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13
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What is the average milk yield of a goat?

A

500-1200 litres

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14
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What is the peak goat yield?

A

4L a day

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15
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What is the average lactation length of a goat?

A

280 days

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16
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What is the meaning of goats producing milk via apocrine secretion?

A
  • Large number of skin cells and cell fragments are present in the milk
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17
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What age can females be mated from?

A

From 6 months old

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18
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How long is the goat oestrus cycle?

A

18-24 days

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19
Q

How long is goat gestation?

A

150 days long

20
Q

What is hydrometra?

A

When clear fluid accumulates in the endometrial cavity

21
Q

What causes hydrometra?

A
  • Prolonged luteal function and absence of oestrus
  • may be linked to infectious diseases such as toxoplasmosis and border disease
  • may also be caused by hormonal manipulation of the oestrus cycle
22
Q

What are the clinical signs of false pregnancy?

A
  • abdominal enlargement
  • udder development
23
Q

What is a ‘cloudburst’?

A

Expulsion of fluid

24
Q

When are you legally allowed to disbud goats?

A

Between 2 and 7 days
* local anaesthetics are not well tolerated

25
Q

Name three common diseases in goats

A
  • Caprine arthritis encephalitis
  • Caseous lympahadenitis
  • Johne’s disease
26
Q

What are the main categories of goat keepers?

A
  • Milking goats
  • Meat goats
  • Pet goats
  • Petting zoos/ farms
27
Q

What two notifiable diseases are goats subject to?

A
  • FMD
  • TB
28
Q

Name 4 things about goat behavior

A
  1. Tend to flock together in extended family groups
  2. Strong hierachial structure
  3. Establish social dominance
  4. they like to orally investigate everything
  5. need environmental enrichment
29
Q

Name 5 things about goat housing

A
  • Providing shelter is required
  • Good ventilation
  • Space to minimise bullying
  • Straw for good comfort and drainage
  • Lots of feed and water trough space
30
Q

What age can females be mated from?

A

6 months

31
Q

What age are male kids sexually mature from?

A

6 weeks old

32
Q

What two diseases is hydrometra linked to?

A

Toxoplasmosis and Border disease

33
Q

What are the two clinical signs of false pregnancy in goats?

A
  • Abdominal enlargement
  • Udder development
34
Q

What can make goats sensitive to prolonged progesterone?

A

persistent CL

35
Q

What age do breeders usually wait until they breed their dows

A

18 months old

36
Q

Name 5 things that can be used as a pregnancy diagnosis

A
  1. Lack of oestrus
  2. Ultrasound
  3. Abdominal enlargement
  4. Oestrone sulphate test
  5. Ballotment
37
Q

What is the issue with goats having limited grazing?

A

Land becomes ‘worm sick’

grazing rotation should be considered

38
Q

Name three common UK diseases in goats

A
  1. Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
  2. Caseous lymphadenitis
  3. Johne’s diseases
39
Q

Name the 6 key factors surrounding Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis

A
  1. Lentivirus
  2. Spread via infected colostrum/ Milk
  3. Causes weight loss, other clinical signs are rare
  4. Causes encephalitis in young kids
  5. No treatment, no vaccine
  6. Test and Cull
40
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Name the 3 key facts surrounding caseous lymphadenitis

A
  1. Caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
  2. Skin disease
  3. Causes abscesses of head lymph nodes
41
Q

Name 5 key facts surrounding Johne’s disease in Goats

A
  1. Happens in Commercial herds
  2. Causes Poor Milk yield, Wasting, Anemia
  3. Faeces is unchanged
  4. there are no reliable tests
  5. Has the same control measures as for cattle and sheep
42
Q

How long is the goat oestrus cycle?

A

18-24 days

43
Q

What vaccine is used for clostridial disease?

A

lambivac

44
Q

What is the main advice for goat hoof trimming?

A
  • The hoof wall is a lot drier and harder to trim than sheeps
  • Only trim if needed
45
Q

What happens when you give a local anaesthetic to a lamb?

A

Toxic

VMS 2010 (13 decks)

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