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Animal Health Supplies
Most will send you a catalog if you request
one
Quality Llama & Alternative Livestock
Supply
www.llamaproducts.com
1-800-638-4689
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Meadow Herbs for Horses
www.meadowherbs.com
931-684-8838
Pet Supply
for Dogs
& Cats
www.a1petsupply.com
Bioconet
Bio-Friendly alternatives
www.biconet.com
615-370-4301
Hoegger Supply Co.
1-800-221-GOAT
Fax 1-800-221-4628
Caprine Supply
1-800-646-7736
Fax 1-800-646-7796
Valley Vet Supply
1-800-468-0059
Fax 1-800-446-5597
Jeffers
1-800-JEFFERS
Fax 417-256-1550
American Livestock
1-800-356-0700
alscatle@itis.com
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Normal Goat Values:
Rectal temperature = 102.5-104
Respiration =15 to 30 per minute
Puberty =3-12 months (sometimes 2 months)
Estrus Cycle = 18 to 23 days
Gestation = 145 to 155 days average.-
MEAT COMPARISONS
| 3 OZ COOKED |
CAL |
FAT |
PROTEIN |
Sat.FAT |
IRON |
| Goat |
122 |
2.58 |
23 |
0.79 |
3.2 |
| Beef |
245 |
16 |
23 |
6.8 |
2.9 |
| Pork |
310 |
24 |
21 |
8.7 |
2.7 |
| Lamb |
235 |
16 |
22 |
7.3 |
1.4 |
| Chicken |
120 |
3.5 |
21 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
Milk Nutritional Information
| Per Oz. |
Goat Milk Cheese |
Cow Milk Cream Cheese |
| Calories |
69.4 |
99.5 |
| Protein (grams) |
4 |
2.1 |
| Fat (grams) |
5.5 |
10 |
| Cholesterol (mg) |
17.6 |
30.5 |
Goat milk ph is alkaline, while cow milk ph is acid
A medicine cabinet for goats:
1. Veterinary thermometer
2. 3 cc and 12 cc plastic disposable syringes
3. Needles-1 and 1/2 inch
4. Weak kid syringe
5. Turkey baster for drenching
6. Surgical scissors
7. Surgical gloves
8. Comfrey antiseptic salve
9. 50% Rosemary pwd and 50% Thyme pwd, OR 7% tincture of iodine
for navel
10. Cayenne pepper, corn starch, cobb webs or Blood stop
powder
11.Ginger, Baking Soda and Activated Charcoal for upset rumen
12. 7m Kick Start OR Nutri-Drench, for fast energy, calcium salts
and minerals
13. Yogurt OR saved cud from another animal OR Probios anti-stress
formula
14. 7m Liquid Anti Biotic Tincture for infection or respiratory
OR colloidal Silver
other herbs for infection: garlic,
mustard, thyme, rosemary, oregano, wormwood
15. Ketocheck to diagnose ketosis
16. Electrolyte powder for stress or homemade electrolytes
17. Cloves, garlic and 7m Milk Substitute, OR Amprolium for coccidia
18. 7m Milk Substitute for upset rumens, diarrhea, slow growth
patterns,
as well as being a great milk replacer
for ANY animal type.
19. 7m Natural Wormer, or herbs for worming
wormwood, black walnut hulls, garlic,
cloves, southernwood, pine needles, tobacco, DE
20 Vet wrap for wrapping broken legs, sprains, or holding bandages
on
Feeding Guide
| AGE |
FEED |
AMOUNT EACH DAY |
| Birth to 3 days |
Colostrum |
All the kid wants |
| 3 days to 3 weeks |
Whole milk (cow or goat) Water, salt |
2 to 3 pints/
All the kid wants |
| 3 weeks to 4 months |
Whole milk
Creep feed (1)
Alfalfa hay (2)
Water, salt
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2 to 3 pints, up to 8 weeks
All the kid will eat, up to 1 pound per day
All the kid will eat
All the kid wants |
| 4 months to freshening |
Grain mixture (3b)
Alfalfa hay or pasture
(2) Water, salt
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Up to 1 pound of high protein feed
All the doe will eat
All the doe wants |
| Dry pregnant |
Grain mixture (3b)
Grass hay or pasture (2)
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Up to 1 pound mix for a dry animal
All the doe will eat |
| Milking doe |
Grain mixture (3a)
Alfalfa hay (2)
Water, salt
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Minimum of 1 pound up to 2 quarts of milk per day. Add 1 pound
grain mixture for each additional 2 quarts of milk.
All the doe will eat
All the doe wants |
(1) Creep feed may be a commercially
mixed milk supplement or calf starter.
(2)Alfalfa hay of extremely high quality,
fine stemmed, leafy, and green.
(3) Suggested grain mixtures
(a) For a lactating doe
55 pounds barley or oats
15 pounds beet pulp
20 pounds wheat, mixed feed, or mill run
10 pounds linseed, cottonseed, or soybean oil meal
(b) For a growing or a dry doe
15 pounds beet pulp
50 pounds barley or oats
15 pounds wheat, mixed feed, or mill run
20 pounds linseed, cottonseed, or soybean oil meal
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
If you choose to dehorn your kids, you should dehorn a kid by 10
days of age.
Burn the horn buds for 10 seconds. There should be a copper ring
around the bud, if the dehorning is a good one. If there is a white ring,
you have burned to deep, into the actual skull.
If you choose to castrate, you should Castrate before 4 months
of age. BUT NOT before 2 months of age. This is to allow the urinary track
to fully develop. If you castrate before this time, you run a higher risk
of urinary calculi when the buck is an adult.
Sub Q is injecting a medicine under the skin.
IM or Intro Muscular is injecting in the muscle
Make sure you always have Epheniprin on hand for shock, IF
you give shots
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