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Bellwork Sheep have a ruminant digestive system.
What does this mean? What types of foods can they eat? What is the difference between ruminant and
monogastric?
Goats
Unit 30Pages 611 - 613
Terms Buck/Billy: intact male
Wether: castrated male
Doe: female that has given birth
Doeling: young female goat
Kid: goat under 6 months of age
Background & Uses Domesticated in Western Asia
Brought to U.S. from Switzerland for milk production
Meat – chevon Dairy – milk Fiber - mohair
BreedsBoer - meat Angora – mohair
LaMancha- Nubian- dairy dairy
Toggenburg-Pygmy dairy
pets
Growth Gestation – about 5 months Kidding – giving birth
Kids need colostrum Castration, disbudding, vaccinations
Identification through eartags or ear tattoos
Digestion & Feeding Ruminant digestive system
twigs & leaves instead of grass ‘browsers’ more like deer, rather than ‘grazers’
such as sheep and cattle Grain supplements
corn, barley, wheat, oat, soybean meal, cottonseed meal
Products Mohair – socks, blankets, sweaters, etc.
Meat – chevon Ribs, chops, roasts, etc.
Milk Cheese, butter, soaps, lotions,