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Goat Farming Manual www.livestocking.net 5 | P a g e CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO GOAT FARMING Goats are of high importance because of the many functions they provide. The rearing of goats provides a small but nevertheless significant supply of animal protein in the form of meat and milk. This is particular important for families of low-income
This handbook is designed to be a collection of suggestions and reference materials to help the Small Ruminant Certification Program participants and other goat/sheep producers to smoothly run their enterprises and hopefully be more profitable.
The guide includes sections on building goat sheds, feeding strategies like grazing and concentrates, infectious diseases to watch out for, heat detection, breeding techniques, and raising young goats.
Goat Production Manual, Second Edition offers practical and natural methods that will not only save goat owners both time and money, but also bring peace of mind.
This Manual is organised around the aspect of breeding and caring for breeding stock such as the selection of breeding stock, breeding soundness evaluation, breeding systems, mating systems, caring of buck and doe.
This guide aims to assist dairy goat farmers using new technologies on farm. It outlines the different technologies available for goats, and offers some general advice on their use. In the European Union, dairy goat sector is pretty small when compared to dairy cows sector.
The aim of this book is to assist owners of indigenous goats with extensive farming systems. It looks at ways to improve the productivity of their flocks. It is designed to be shared with farmers in a way that allows them to understand how to find their way through the book and how to find the information that they need.
