GOAT GENETICS, WILD GOATS & PYGMY GOATS: **UNDER CONTRUCTION**
The ruminant animal has a rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum; the simple-stomached animal has a stomach. The newborn ruminant functions as a simple-stomached animal. At birth, the rumen is small and nonfunctional. When the kid nurses, a band of muscle tissue (the esophageal groove) closes to form a direct tubular connection from the esophagus to the abomasum. If you bottle-feed kids, it is important to hold the kid in a natural nursing position so the esophageal groove closes properly. If milk is put into the rumen, either by tube-feeding or improper bottle-feeding, a considerable time may elapse before the milk makes it to the abomasum and can be digested for use. Milk may also curdle in the rumen and cause some colic symptoms.
(3) GOAT WORKING YARDS, HANDLING & TRANSPORT
(5) FEEDING, NUTRITION & BRUSH GOATS
(7) BUCK MANAGEMENT & ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
(A) GOAT GENETICS & PYGMY GOATS
(B) GOAT GENETICS & WILD GOATS
"Interim Holding Facilities: Provide adequate feed, water, and shelter. Rough handling is never acceptable. Adding several goats to an established group is generally less stessful and more successful than the addition of an individual animal. Whenever possible, goats should be habituated slowly to new routines."
---Goat Care Practices, University of California, Davis---
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(A) GOAT GENETICS & PYGMY GOATS
(B) GOAT GENETICS & WILD GOATS