Natural Goat and Alpaca Care
Second Edition
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Illustrations, Bibliography, Index
360 pages
Publisher:
Landlinks Press
2000
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Description
This long awaited second edition has a wealth of technical information presented in simple terms for farms of any size.
This comprehensive and easily understood book is intended to help goat and alpaca farmers of all kinds. It covers all aspects of farming, whether it be for two or two hundred animals. The book provides a wealth of technical information presented in simple terms. It should be studied at the outset of any operation, not just kept until an animal is ill. The husbandry consists of non-invasive drug free remedies that are as natural as possible. To this is added basic land care.
The book covers:
- Land, housing and farming methods
- Husbandry
- Acquiring stock
- Breeds
- Nutritional requirements
- Psychological needs of goats
- Management of kids and goatlings
- Minerals and vitamins
- Health problems
- Natural remedies
- Breeding and selection for desirable characteristics
- Goats for milk, meat and skins
- Alpacas and llamas: management, nutrition, conformation
- Fleeces, diseases and breeding
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Goats world-wide
Chapter 2. The farm
Chapter 3. Types of husbandry
Chapter 4. Acquiring stock
Chapter 5. Breeds
Chapter 6. Feeding practice
Chapter 7. Psychological needs of goats
Chapter 8. Management
Chapter 9. Minerals, their uses and deficiency signs
Chapter 10. Vitamins and their interaction with minerals
Chapter 11. Health problems
Chapter 12. Breeding
Chapter 13. Goats for milk
Chapter 14. Goats for meat and skins
Chapter 15. Showing goats
Chapter 16. What it’s all about – goat’s milk
Chapter 17. Alpacas and llamas
Appendix
Soil Analysis
Suppliers of vitamins and minerals
Bibliography
Index
Sample
View Chapter 2 - The Farm of Natural Goat and Alpaca Care.
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Related Titles
Farming Meat Goats - Breeding, Production and Marketing
Related Categories
Landlinks : Livestock - Goats & Alpacas
Landlinks : Livestock - Welfare & Health
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