ARTICLES
These articles have been collected from a variety
of online sources. We hope at least some of them will be interesting and
helpful.
Goat milk nothing to bleat at -
Demand from Asia for Australian goat milk
is going through the roof, in fact the price paid to farmers for goat
milk is around $1.75 a litre, compared to just 32 cents a litre for cows
milk.....
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Recognising a Sick Goat -
Gary Pfalzbot,
GoatWorld
Targetting the novice goat-keeper, this article gives some practical
advice on how to observe and recognise signs indicating an unwell
animal. Very well worth reading in full...
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Housing Dairy Goats - Informed Farmers ,
July 26th, 2011
Housing requirements for goats
is a constant questions from beginners and this article, although U.S.,
based gives much food for thought. It covers various aspects of
housing and is very thorough in covering materials, size, layout and
climatic considerations....Read
more
Cheese Matters - You've goat to be kidding - Kris
Lloyd (Woodside Cheese Wrights), The Adelaide Review, April
2012
Goats have been milked since nomadic times, probably providing the
original base for most cheese making. The wide variety of cheese
produced with goat’s milk is some of the simplest but most
interesting.....
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The global gene pool of the goat seriously under threat
PhysOrg.com science, research and technology news
website,
January 23, 2013
Amongst the range of domestic livestock species,
the goat is not just the 'black sheep' but a resource of survival in
impoverished countries, and many breeds are at great risk of
disappearing. This is the case according to researchers of the Regional
Service of Agro-Food Research and Development in their first monographic
study tackling the global impact of this species......
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