Goats

Question 1

What is a doe?

Answer 1

Adult female goat

Question 2

What is a dowling?

Answer 2

Young female goat

Question 3

What is a buck/billy?

Answer 3

Male entire goat

Question 4

What is a buckling?

Answer 4

Young male goat

Question 5

What is a wether?

Answer 5

Castrated male goat

Question 6

What is a kid?

Answer 6

Baby goat

Question 7

What goat breed is best used for meat?

Answer 7

Boer

Question 8

What goat breed is best used for Dairy?

Answer 8

Toggenberg, Sanem, Anglionuben, Golden Guernsey

Question 9

What goat breed is best for fleece?

Answer 9

Angora, Cashmere

Question 10

What goat breed is usually used as a pet?

Answer 10

Pygmy

Question 11

At what age do goats require ear tags?

Answer 11

• 6 months if housed overnight
• 9 months if not housed overnight

Question 12

Why does goat milk not have to be pasteurised?

Answer 12

Tb content is low

Question 13

What is the average milk yield of a goat?

Answer 13

500-1200 litres

Question 14

What is the peak goat yield?

Answer 14

4L a day

Question 15

What is the average lactation length of a goat?

Answer 15

280 days

Question 16

What is the meaning of goats producing milk via apocrine secretion?

Answer 16

• Large number of skin cells and cell fragments are present in the milk

Question 17

What age can females be mated from?

Answer 17

From 6 months old

Question 18

How long is the goat oestrus cycle?

Answer 18

18-24 days

Question 19

How long is goat gestation?

Answer 19

150 days long

Question 20

What is hydrometra?

Answer 20

When clear fluid accumulates in the endometrial cavity

Question 21

What causes hydrometra?

Answer 21

• Prolonged luteal function and absence of oestrus
• may be linked to infectious diseases such as toxoplasmosis and border disease
• may also be caused by hormonal manipulation of the oestrus cycle

Question 22

What are the clinical signs of false pregnancy?

Answer 22

• abdominal enlargement
• udder development

Question 23

What is a ‘cloudburst’?

Answer 23

Expulsion of fluid

Question 24

When are you legally allowed to disbud goats?

Answer 24

Between 2 and 7 days
* local anaesthetics are not well tolerated

Question 25

Name three common diseases in goats

Answer 25

* Caprine arthritis encephalitis * Caseous lympahadenitis * Johne's disease

Question 26

What are the main categories of goat keepers?

Answer 26

* Milking goats * Meat goats * Pet goats * Petting zoos/ farms

Question 27

What two notifiable diseases are goats subject to?

Answer 27

* FMD * TB

Question 28

Name 4 things about goat behavior

Answer 28

1. Tend to flock together in extended family groups 2. Strong hierachial structure 3. Establish social dominance 4. they like to orally investigate everything 5. need environmental enrichment

Question 29

Name 5 things about goat housing

Answer 29

* Providing shelter is required * Good ventilation * Space to minimise bullying * Straw for good comfort and drainage * Lots of feed and water trough space

Question 30

What age can females be mated from?

Answer 30

6 months

Question 31

What age are male kids sexually mature from?

Answer 31

6 weeks old

Question 32

What two diseases is hydrometra linked to?

Answer 32

Toxoplasmosis and Border disease

Question 33

What are the two clinical signs of false pregnancy in goats?

Answer 33

* Abdominal enlargement * Udder development

Question 34

What can make goats sensitive to prolonged progesterone?

Answer 34

persistent CL

Question 35

What age do breeders usually wait until they breed their dows

Answer 35

18 months old

Question 36

Name 5 things that can be used as a pregnancy diagnosis

Answer 36

1. Lack of oestrus 2. Ultrasound 3. Abdominal enlargement 4. Oestrone sulphate test 5. Ballotment

Question 37

What is the issue with goats having limited grazing?

Answer 37

Land becomes 'worm sick' | grazing rotation should be considered

Question 38

Name three common UK diseases in goats

Answer 38

1. Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis 2. Caseous lymphadenitis 3. Johne's diseases

Question 39

Name the 6 key factors surrounding Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis

Answer 39

1. Lentivirus 2. Spread via infected colostrum/ Milk 3. Causes weight loss, other clinical signs are rare 4. Causes encephalitis in young kids 5. No treatment, no vaccine 6. Test and Cull

Question 40

Name the 3 key facts surrounding caseous lymphadenitis

Answer 40

1. Caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis 2. Skin disease 3. Causes abscesses of head lymph nodes

Question 41

Name 5 key facts surrounding Johne's disease in Goats

Answer 41

1. Happens in Commercial herds 2. Causes Poor Milk yield, Wasting, Anemia 3. Faeces is unchanged 4. there are no reliable tests 5. Has the same control measures as for cattle and sheep

Question 42

How long is the goat oestrus cycle?

Answer 42

18-24 days

Question 43

What vaccine is used for clostridial disease?

Answer 43

lambivac

Question 44

What is the main advice for goat hoof trimming?

Answer 44

* The hoof wall is a lot drier and harder to trim than sheeps * Only trim if needed

Question 45

What happens when you give a local anaesthetic to a lamb?

Answer 45

Toxic