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Goat Production Systems 2 (When To Breed (Normal season: Feb-July, Keep…
Goat Production Systems 2
When To Breed
Normal season: Feb-July
Keep bucks separated one month prior
Sudden introduction of bucks increases ovulation
Lower body score = increased abortions
Health Issues
Caprine arthritis encephalitis
Can cause hardening of the udder
Transmitted by infected colostrum/ milk
Control: kids removed from infected dams, no treatment, no vaccine, expensive to test for, infected dams removed
Internal Parasites (Barbous Pole)
Causes anemia
Are resistant to treatment
Only treat most severely affected
Pregnancy toxaemia
Death just before kidding
Don't let dams get too fat
Only increase nutrition in last 8 weeks of gestation
Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA)
Causes abscesses in the lymph nodes
Highly contageous
Transmittable to humans
Vaccine
Growth
Grazing goats above stocking rates:
Reduce body weight and condition
Increase deaths from cold stress
Internal parasitism during spring
Reduce doe body weight which will reduce kidding performance the following year
Production
(Fibre)Compared to sheep goats have:
Less greasy fleece
Lower fibre density
Lower thermal insulation
Dairy
Small industry with many challenges
High priced produce/value added
Reproduction: Goats VS Sheep
Goats hit puberty faster
Goats have a longer Oestrous cycle
Same gestation length
Goats far more likely to have multiple births