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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

Building and Planning M

Manure Math Formulas Measurements of Goats Milking Parlor Equipment Complete milking unit Hoses Milking Clusters Cluster Components Milking Claws Liners (inflations)

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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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Milk truck pad

Building and Planning N-Z

Pens for livestock Regulations for setting up the milk room and parlor Sample Farms: Diagrams of existing dairy set-ups Stocking Rates Temperature tolerances Ventilation Wall Materials Water Water/goat Considerations Removable Watering Unit Water Conversions Stocking Rate for Waterers Water Tank Capacity (round) Water Tank Capacity (oval) Windows

Conformation
ADGA Standards for Judging Dairy Goats Breed Characteristics How to examine a goat before you buy Parts of the Dairy Goat

Conversions Definitions Disease Database A-B

General information about using this database and other resources for identifying and treating goat diseases Milk Producers: READ THIS NOTICE Abscesses (See Caseous Lymphadenitis) Acidosis (See enterotoxemia, grain overload, founder, overeating disease) Acariasis (see Mange) Akabane Alopecic Exfoliative Dermatitis Anthrax BDV (Border Disease, Hairy shaker disease) Black Mastitis (See Mastitis, Black) Bloat

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Blue Bag (See Mastitis, Black) Blue Tongue Border Disease (See BDV) Brucellosis

Disease Database C-E

CAE (See Caprine Arthritic Encephalitis) Campylobacteriosis Caprine Arthritic Encephalitis (CAE) Capripox (Goat Pox) Caseous Lymphadenitis Chlamydiosis Choriopic Mange Circling Disease (See Listeriosis) Coccidiosis (Scours) Cobalt Deficiency (White Liver Disease) Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Contact Dermatitis Contagious Agalactia Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) Contagious Ecthyma (Orf, Soremouth, Contagious Pustular Dermatitis) Cryptococcosis (fungal pneumonia, C. Torulosis, European Blastomycosis, Busse-Buschke's Disease) Cryptosporidiosis Cutaneous Myiasis (see Fly Strike) Cutaneous Neoplasias (Papilloma (warts), Squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer), or Melanoma) Dermatophilosis (Dermatophilus congolensis, Streptothricosis) Dermatophytosis (see Ringworm) Diarrhea Endotoxemia Enteritis (Colibacillosis) Enterotoxemia (overeating disease, pulpy kidney disease)

Disease Database F-K

Floppy Kid Syndrome (Metabolic acidosis without dehydration) Fly Strike (Cutaneous Myiasis) Foot and Mouth Disease Foot Rot, Foot Scald Founder (see Enterotoxemia) Goat Pox (see Capripox) Grain Overload (see Enterotoxemia) Hairy Shaker Disease (See BDV) Heartwater (Cowdriosis) Hypocalcemia, (Milk fever, Parturient Paresis)

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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.)

Disease Database- Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Links

Disease Database P-Q

Papillomas (see Cutaneous neoplasias) Parturient paresis (see Hypocalcemia) Paratuberculosis (See Johnes Disease) Pasteurella (See pneumonia, pasteurella) Pemphigus Peste des Petits Ruminants Photosensitization (photo dermatitis) Pinkeye (Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis) Pleuropneumonia Pneumonia, Pasteurella Polioencephalomalacia (Thiamine Deficiency) Pregnancy Toxemia (Ketosis) Q Fever

Disease Database- R-Z

Rectal Prolapse Rift Valley Fever Rinderpest Ringworm (Dermatophytosis, Dermatomycosis, Tinea) Scours (See Coccidiosis or Diarrhea) Scrapie Selenium Deficiency (See White Muscle Disease) Skin cancer (see Cutaneous neoplasias) Squamous Cell Carcinoma (see Cutaneous neoplasias) Soremouth (see Contagious Ecthyma) Streptothricosis (See Dermtophilosis) Tetanus (lockjaw) Urinary Calculi (see Urithroliasis) Urolithiasis (urinary calculi) Uterine Prolapse Warts (see cutaneous neoplasias) West Nile Fever (West Nile Virus) White Liver Disease (see Cobalt Deficiency) White Muscle Disease (Selenium deficiency)

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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

Grazing Goats on Pasture and Browse

Adaptive advantages that enable goats to graze successfully Benefits of grazing Challenges of grazing Effect of grazing on milk production and components Feeding behavior of goats on pasture Grazing management goals Green feeding (zero grazing) Managed, intensive (rotational) grazing, with moveable interior fencing Maintaining the integrity of the pasture Stocking rate for goats on pasture Time between grazings Meeting nutritional needs on pasture Methods of seeding / reseeding pasture Parasite control on pasture

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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
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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-Dietary Needs By Category: Newborns, Youngstock, Does, Bucks

Feeding the Newborn (Birth to 8 weeks) Other information about feeding the newborn: Pasteurization Making milk and colostrum for large numbers of kids Selecting Milk Replacer Feeding Options Limiting Consumption of Milk Preventing scours (coccidiosis) in bottle-fed and bucket fed kids Average Daily Gain Weaning methods Feeding growing youngstock (Bucklings and Doelings): 12-14% Crude Protein, 60 TDN Two feeding periods Expected monthly weight gain Nutritional requirements Preventing coccidiosis (scours) in weaned kids Feeding Milking Does CP 15% TDN 65% The effect of the milking and reproduction cycles on nutritional needs Forage needs for lactation Grain needs for lactation Feeding does about to be bred Feeding pregnant, lactating does Feeding Dry Does How To Dry Off Does Feeding Does, after birthing Feeding Bucks Crude Protein (CP) 12, Energy (TDN) 60

Nutrition- General Information

Anatomy For Nutition Basic Nutritional Needs Monitoring Nutritional Status Body Condition Scoring MUN Testing The Goat's Natural Adaptive Advantages For Feeding The Goat's Natural Diet and Feeding Habits

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

Producer tips: Good ideas for day to day chores

Bottle Holder (Red River Farm) Colored Leg Bands (Red River Farm) Dehorning (Judy Remo) Goat control with a spray bottle (Red River Farm) Grain feeder for kids (Red River Farm) Homemade Incubator How to make moveable pens and gates in a wooden building (Red River Farm) Leg braces (pipe insulation) (Red River Farm) Leg braces (venetian blinds) (Judy Remo) Umbilical cord dipper (Judy Remo) Taping teats shut for CAE prevention (Judy Remo) Thawing Frozen Plastic Pipes (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Rural Activities) Waterer, 10 gallon drum for 100 goats (Van's Fencing) White board for temporary birthing record in kidding area (Red River Farm) White board for easy record-keeping in the milking parlor (Red River Farm)

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)

Setting Up a Goat Dairy in Wisconsin

Act with Caution Bulk tank temperatures for four day pick up Buying Goats Farm Identification Number

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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

Value Added Goat Milk and Meat Products

Goat Milk Products Beauty products Cheese Cheese Recipes: Tofu Yogurt Goat Meat Products Butchering Marketing Meat Goats Marketing Links: Starting a meat goat operation with extra dairy does Nutritional Value of Goat Meat Storing and Cooking Goat Meat Meat Goat Nutrition The differences between feeding dairy and meat goats Feeding Meat Does Feeding young meat stock Expectations for breeding weight of meat goat breeds (varies by breed): Meat Goat Links Value-added Links

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