Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Chevre:
A type of goat cheese originating in France
Colostrum:
The first nourishment a mother provides to her kid
Concentrate:
Feed that contains a high proportion of nutrients and is low in crude
fiber content (less than 18 percent of dry matter)
Confinement feeding:
Feeding goats a controlled diet inside a shelter or yard
Conformation:
The degree to which an individual goat matches the ideal standard
for its breed
Cud:
Soft masses of undigested plant fiber that return from the rumen to the mouth
for additional chewing
Deep littering:
Allowing a mattress of bedding to accumulate on the floor of the
stable by adding fresh hay on top every day
Dental palate:
A hard, tough pad of tissue that takes the place of teeth in a goat's
upper jaw
Disbudding:
The process of cauterizing a kid's horn buds
Doe:
A female goat
Doeling:
A young doe that has not mated for the first time
Dual-purpose breed:
A breed of goat that can belong to more than one of the
three usage categories: milk, meat, or fiber producing
ENE:
Estimated net energy, provided by carbohydrates and fats
Elastrator:
A device used to castrate a kid using a tight rubber ring
Elf ear:
The short, 2-inch ear of a LaMancha goat
Estrone sulfate:
A hormone produced by a living fetus about 35 days after con-
ception
Estrus:
The state in which a goat's ovary contains a fertile egg and her uterus is
ready to establish it
Experimental:
A goat resulting from an accidental breeding between purebred
goats of different breeds
Flehmen:
The raising of the head and drawing up of the upper lip by a buck ready
to mate
Floppy kid syndrome (FKS):
A disease that affects kids between three and ten
days old; symptoms are muscular weakness and depression, progressing to flaccid
paralysis and often death
