This invaluable guide - newly revised and enlarged due to popular demand - is intended for those concerned with the raising, care and maintenance of Angora goats. It supplies much useful, practical information on how to get started in the goat business, the facilities needed, the importance of record keeping, nutrition, shearing, marketing and, in the most detailed section, clear and precise guidance in recognising and dealing with the diseases and parasites which can afflict Angoras. This new and enlarded addition also provides additional fascinating historical facts about Angoras, a detailed explanation of the ins and outs of producing the increasingly popular colored Angoras, as well as - in the chapter entitled "Food for Thought" - a selection of succulent recipes for goat meat.
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The authors have had wide experience in raising goats and in literary endeavors. Stephanie Mitcham is a veterinary pathologist, author of articles in American and Canadian veterinary journals and longtime owner of Angora goats and sheep.
Allison Mitcham is the author 20 books and numerous articles.
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The section on the history of Angora's was very interesting! Any goat or sheep owners or prospective owners could really benefit from this book, plus it is easy to read. Includes info on such a wide range, even includes usesful info on shearing time, guard animals, and herding dogs. Wish I'd had this book when I was starting out in the business.
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I am getting an angora in the spring, and this book discusses everything for the angora, feeding, breeding, fleeces,housing, you name it. There were even a few recipes included at the end if you need to cull your herd and eat the meat yourself! As a beginner, I felt I learned a great deal from reading this book and will keep it as a reference for the future.
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Long before the Pilgrims arrived in America with garden seeds and farm animals, the nomadic peoples of several distant and arid regions of the earth were raising a useful and exotic creature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
striped kids, prepucial orifice, kidding pens, embryo transfer work, striped goats, mature nannies, kid crop, kidding season, goat nutrition, dehorning iron, affected goat, vulvar lips, stud buck, kidding time, goat raisers, fecal egg counts, foot trimming, embryo transfer program, goat breeders, feed bunks, stained hair, white muscle disease, red goats, newborn kids, perfringens types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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striped kids, prepucial orifice, kidding pens, embryo transfer work, striped goats, mature nannies, kid crop, kidding season, goat nutrition, dehorning iron, affected goat, vulvar lips, stud buck, kidding time, goat raisers, fecal egg counts, foot trimming, embryo transfer program, goat breeders, feed bunks, stained hair, white muscle disease, red goats, newborn kids, perfringens types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- A Way of Life: Sheepdog Training, Handling and Trialling by H. Glyn Jones on page 184, and Back Matter
- Veterinary Clinical Parasitology, Seventh Edition by Anne M. Zajac in Back Matter
- Nova Scotia by Jones in Back Matter
- Veterinary Medicine by Boy Scouts of America in Front Matter
- Herding Dogs: Progressive Training by Vergil S. Holland on page 186
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- Meat Goats : Their History, Management and Diseases by Stephanie Mitcham; Allison Mitcham on page 102, and page 119
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