Nutrition Links

An Introduction to Feeding Small Ruminants http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/feedingsmallruminants.html

Blending Grain and Feedstuffs- How To Figure The Proper Proportions http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1500/build/g1500.pdf

Colostrum: Supplements and Replacers http://www.saanendoah.com/colostsups.html

Comparison of Nutrient Costs for Different Feedstuffs http://sheepandgoat.com/spreadsheets/nutrientcosts2004.xls

Creep Feeding Kid Goats http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb077-creepgoats.pdf Includes feeder design, and specifications for creep feed.

Economic Evaluation of Alternative Feeds for Dairy www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/drought/ds-17-97.htm. This article helps you decide whether various forages, roughages or concentrates are good buys in relation to shelled corn or soybean oil meal, so you can do a cost analysis of using different feedstuffs.

Energy http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb078-goatenergy.pdf

Evaluating Hay Quality .http://www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/Publications/PDFs/FS644.pdf Excellent article on hay, with hay quality score sheet and glossary of forage terminology.

Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats. http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/dairy/g03990.htm

Feeding distillers grain byproducts

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/newsletter/goatproducersnewsletter1105.pdf

Goat Nutrition: Energy http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb078-goatenergy.pdf

Goat Nutrition: Protein http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb081-goatprotein.pdf

Goat Nutrition and Feeding. (Best to locate this slide show by Googling the title.) Excellent, concise summary of goat nutrition. Has directions for making a ration and adjusting it for pregnancy and lactation. file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.IE5/N4RWTLZV/Goat%2520Nutrition%

2520and%2520Feeding%2520-%2520JACK%2520WALLACE%5B1%5D.ppt#256,1,Oklahoma Meat Goat Conference 2006

Interpreting a Feed Tag http://www.clemson.edu/agronomy/goats/feed_tag.html

Introduction To Goat Nutrition http://www.luresext.edu/goats/training/nutrition.html

Langston University E [Kika] de la Garza Goat Research Center Nutrient Requirement Calculator and Ration Balancer Calculators (LINC calculators)

Farm version: http://www.luresext.edu/goats/research/nutritionmodule1.htm

Professional version: http://www.luresext.edu/goats/research/nutreqgoats.html

Instructions for using LINC (with samples):

http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/training/nutr (some examples have errors in them)

Problems Which Can Frequently be Related to Nutrition http://www.saanendoah.com/nutritionalprob.html

Protein http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb081-goatprotein.pdf

Rumen Development slides (pictures are of calf rumen, but Dr. Van Saun said this applies to goat rumens as well.) These slides demonstrate the importance of feeding milk, then grain, then hay. http://www.milkproduction.com/Applications/slide_shows/exterior_interior_of_calf_rumens/default.htm

Sampling forage for testing http://www.age.psu.edu/extension/Factsheets/i/I104.pdf Includes instructions for round and square hay, haylage and baleage bales, loose stacks and silage (bagged and in silos).

Seminar Notes: Goat Nutrition A-Z (Tim Thompson)

Caprine Nutrition (Van Saun)

Sheep and Meat Goat Ration Evaluator http://sheepandgoat.com/spreadsheets/RationEvaluator2004.xls

Understanding Ruminant Nutrition: Feeding For Two (the goat and the rumen)

www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses-jmgay/documents/FeedingFor2.doc

What About Hay? http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb079-goathaypdf.pdfExcellent article, dealing with grazing and hay supplementation off season.

Wisconsin Livestock Feed Supplier List:

http://oldwesttown.net/Feed_Suppliers2/wisconsin_feed_suppliers_51-100.htm

Feeding The (meat) Goat Herd http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/feedinggoatherd.html