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Dairy goats – AgGuide
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The Australian dairy goat sector is an important emerging industry with significant potential. In 2016 there were 68 dairy goat farms licensed to make food products producing nearly 17 million litres of milk with a farm gate value greater than $20 million per year. This book addresses the critical information needed for those moving into dairy goat milk production and for existing enterprises and farm workers.
Contents
- Chapter 1 Dairy goat breeds in Australia
- Chapter 2 Planning for productivity
- Chapter 3 Milking management
- Chapter 4 Handling the breeding stock
- Chapter 5 Husbandry practices
- Chapter 6 Responses of goats to handling
- Chapter 7 The cost of disease
- Chapter 8 Diseases and pests
- Chapter 9 Ruminant digestion
- Chapter 10 The well-fed herd
- Chapter 11 Buying goats
- Chapter 12 On-farm quarantine
- Chapter 13 Buildings
- Chapter 14 Milk quality
- Chapter 15 Marketing
