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Abortion
|
The
expulsion of the fetus prior to the end of pregnancy
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|
Abortion
storm
|
An
abortion rate in excess of 10%
|
|
Abscess
|
A
localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by disintegration of tissues
|
|
Acid
|
A
compound with a positive or negative charge, that breaks apart in water to
form a hydrogen ion (H+). 0-6 on the
pH scale. The more H+ the stronger the acid, so 1 is the weakest acid and 6
is the strongest acid. A one number
change means the solution is ten times weaker or stronger than the previous
measure. Solutions containing acids
are called “acidic” solutions. Acids
are sour, react strongly with metals, are very dangerous and can burn your
skin. Examples of acids: vinegar, citrus fruits and stomach acid.
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Abomasum
(the
"true" stomach)
|
The
fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant.
|
|
Abortion
|
Premature
expulsion of the fetus
|
|
Acetonemia
(ketosis)
|
An
abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood.
|
|
Acute
|
Short, severe course of a disease, having a
rapid onset with pronounced symptoms
|
|
ADGA
|
The
American Dairy Goat Association.
|
|
Aerobic
|
Growing best in the presence of free
(available) oxygen
|
|
Afterbirth
|
The
placenta and other membranes connecting the fetus to the mother. They are expelled after birthing.
|
|
Agalactia
|
Absence
of milk production
|
|
Alopecia
|
Hair
loss
|
|
American
breed
|
An
American breed is the result of three successive generations of breeding to
purebred bucks of one breed. ("grading up")
|
|
Anaphylactic shock
|
A violent attack of allergic symptoms
produced in an animal sensitive to a specific drug.
|
|
Anemia
|
A condition in which the blood is
deficient either in quantity or quality of red blood cells
|
|
Anaerobic
|
Any microorganism which can live without
either air or free oxygen
|
|
Anthelmintics
|
Drugs
that kill parasites (intestinal worms)
|
|
Antibiotic
|
A
drug that kills bacteria. Doesn't work
against viruses.
|
|
Antibody
|
a substance produced in the body which
reacts to antigens (any foreign protein from a bacteria) usually in order to
protect the animal from a disease
|
|
Antidote
|
A substance used to counteract the
effects of a poison
|
|
Antigen
|
A substance that has the power of
inducing the formation of antibodies in an animal or organism under suitable
conditions; used to enhance immunity
|
|
Antiseptic
|
a substance that will inhibit the growth
of microorganisms; the substance is usually applied to living tissue
|
|
Antiserum
|
the serum obtained from an animal which
has been immunized against a disease, therefore containing specific
antibodies produced by the animal to combat a specific disease
|
|
Antitoxin
|
antiserum from an animal immunized against a
toxin
|
|
Artificial
insemination
|
Placement
of semen into the doe without normal sexual contact.
|
|
Atrophy
|
A
wasting away of a cell, tissue, organ, or body part. Example: The leg muscles atrophy (get
smaller) after paralysis. of the leg.
|
|
Automatic
take-off
|
A
mechanical device that senses that the goat is done milking. It automatically shuts off the milking
vacuum and takes the milking unit off the goat's udder.
|
|
Average
daily gain (ADG)
|
The
average amount of weight an animal gains each day.
|
|
Bacteriostatic
|
A
substance that retards or prevents the growth of bacteria, but does not kill
them.
|
|
Balanced
ration
|
The
daily food allowance of an animal, formulated to provide exactly what the
animal needs for health, growth, production, and well-being.
|
|
Baleage
|
Hay
that is cut, baled and wrapped, then allowed to ferment.
|
|
Barren
|
Not
able to produce young
|
|
Base
|
A
compound with a positive or negative charge, that breaks apart in water to
form hydroxide ions (OH-). 8-14 on the pH scale. The greater the
concentration of OH- ions the stronger the base, so 8 is the weakest base and
14 is the strongest base. A one number change in pH means the solution
is ten times weaker or stronger than the previous measure. Solutions containing bases are called
“alkaline” solutions. Bases taste
bitter, are slippery, are very dangerous and can burn your skin. Examples of bases: lye and ammonia.
|
|
Biotype
|
Classification
of the goat as a meat or dairy animal
|
|
Bloat
|
Excessive
gas buildup in the rumen
|
|
Blood
plasma
|
The
liquid part of blood, which carries the red blood cells.
|
|
Body
condition score
|
A
scoring system, which assigns a number to a certain levels of muscle and fat
on the goat. It indicates the general
health status of the goat.
|
|
Bolus
|
2
meanings: 1) Regurgitated food that has been chewed and is ready to be
swallowed. 2) a large pill or capsule.
|
|
Bow-legged
|
Knees
bowed out
|
|
Bred
Doe
|
A
doe that has been inseminated by the buck, or artificially inseminated. A pregnant doe
|
|
Browse
|
Leaves
from woody plants.
|
|
Buck
|
A
male goat
|
|
Buck
Effect
|
When
the females that aren't in heat, are stimulated to go into heat (ovulate) by
the sudden introduction of a male, or teaser buck.
|
|
Buck-Kneed
|
Knees
bent forward
|
|
Buckling
|
A
young buck kid
|
|
Cabrito
|
A
young goat. Sometimes also used as a
name for the meat of a young goat
|
|
Capillaries
|
Tiny vessels connecting the smallest
arteries to the smallest veins
|
|
Cardio-
or cardiac
|
Pertaining
to the heart
|
|
Castrate
|
To
remove the testes of male goat, creating a whether.
|
|
Cellulytic
bacteria
|
Rumen
bacteria that dissolve or digest plant cell wall material
|
CIP
(clean-in-place)
|
Equipment
that is cleaned without moving it or taking it apart.
|
|
CP
(crude protein)
|
See
crude protein and intake protein.
|
|
California
Mastitis Test (CMT)
|
A
mastitis-screening test. Determines
the somatic cell content in milk.
|
|
Capriculture
|
The
study of goat keeping.
|
|
Caprine
Bucket
|
A
bucket fitted with nipples, usually ten per bucket. Milk is placed in
the bucket, or in small jars in the bucket, and kids suck the milk through
the nipples, attached to plastic tubes immersed in the milk.
|
|
Carrier
|
An animal or person in apparent good
health who harbors a pathogenic microorganism
|
|
Carrying
capacity
|
The
number of animals that a pasture can feed for a specific length of
time.
|
|
Casein
|
The
major protein in milk
|
|
Caudal
|
Toward
the tail
|
|
Cellulose
|
The
principal carbohydrate part of plant cell membranes. which is dissolved
by cellulytic bacteria in the rumen.
|
|
Chevon
|
Goat
meat.
|
|
Chronic
Disease
|
Disease which develops and progresses
slowly (contrast to acute)
|
|
Coliform
bacteria
|
Bacteria
from the intestinal tract of warm-blooded animals. If you have coliform
bacteria in a test result you can assume you have fecal contamination.
|
|
Colostrum
|
The
first milk produced by the doe after giving birth. Loaded with antibodies.
|
|
Communicable
|
Capable of being transmitted from one
individual to another
|
|
Compaction
|
Feed
packed into the stomach and intestines, causing stomach upset and
constipation.
|
|
Complete
ration
|
A
blend of all feedstuffs (forages and grains) into one feed. Sometimes
called total mixed ration or TMR.
|
|
Components
|
The
nutritional solids in milk (fat, protein, lactose, and minerals).
|
|
Concentrate
(also called "supplement".
Sometimes mistakenly called "ration")
|
A
feed high in total digestible nutrients (TDN) and low in crude fiber (CF)
(less than 18 percent). (Examples: cereal grains, soybean oil meal,
cottonseed meal and industrial by-products. Not necessarily high in protein.
|
|
Conception
|
The
time when the sperm cell penetrates the wall of the ovum.
|
|
Conception
rate
|
Total
number of conceptions, divided by the total number of buck
services.
|
Condition
(body
condition)
|
The
state of the animal's health as reflected in the amount of muscle and fat on
the body, hair quality and quantity, and the general alertness and energy
level of the animal.
|
|
Confinement
|
Livestock
kept in buildings all the time.
|
|
Conformation
|
The
shape and design of the body
|
|
Conjunctiva
|
The
tissue covering the front part of the eye.
|
|
Contagious
|
the degree of power of a disease to
spread from one individual to another
|
|
Conjunctivitis
|
An
inflammation of the eye. Pink
eye.
|
|
Cotyledon
|
One
of the lobules which make up the uterine side of the placenta
|
|
Cow-hocked
|
When
the ankle joints (hocks) are angled in toward each other
|
|
Cranial
|
Toward
the head
|
|
Crimped
feed
|
Grains
that are rolled with corrugated rollers to make them easier to digest. Used in kid feed.
|
|
Crossbreed
|
An
animal produced by mating purebred goats of different breeds
|
|
Crude
fiber (CF)
|
The
structural part of the plant: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Forages are high in crude fiber and grains
are low.
|
|
Crude
protein (CP)
|
This
is the total amount of protein in a feed, expressed as a percentage, 6.25 times the nitrogen content of a forage
and 5.7 times the nitrogen content of a grain.
|
|
Cud
|
The
regurgitated feed or "bolus" from the stomach
|
|
Cull
|
To
remove a goat from the herd
|
|
Curd
|
The
coagulated part of milk.
|
|
CWT
|
see
hundredweight
|
|
Cyanotic
|
Bluish discoloration of the skin and
mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen in the red blood cells
|
|
Degradable
intake protein (DIP).
|
The
protein (nitrogen) degraded (digested) in the rumen by bacteria, also
called "microbes." It
becomes microbial protein or is freed as ammonia.
|
|
Dairy
character
|
Feminine
physical traits that suggest high milking ability. Important indications
of this include an alert, feminine head; long thin neck; openness and
sharpness throughout the body; prominent hips and pins; sharp withers; thin
thighs; flat flinty bone; and thin, pliable skin with a soft silky hair coat.
|
|
Dairy
goat
|
Any
goat which produces milk for human consumption, or who is kept for
raising replacement dairy kids.
|
|
Dairy
goat breed
|
A
group of dairy goats having a common origin and identifiable traits
(frequently color). The major U.S. breeds are Alpine, LaMancha, Nubian,
Oberhasli, Saanen and Toggenburg.
|
|
Dairy
Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)
|
An
organization whose goal is to improve milk production, increase farm
profitability and promote recordkeeping..
|
|
DATCP
|
The
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
|
|
Dehorn
|
Remove
horns on an older animal
|
|
Dermatitis
|
Inflammation
of the skin
|
|
Diarrhea
|
Watery feces resulting from
gastro-intestinal (gi) disorders, often related to bacterial infections
|
|
Dilate
|
To
expand an opening. (The cervix dilates to allow birthing)
|
|
Direct
microscopic somatic cell count (DMSCC) (green stain)
|
Microscopic
count of the actual number of somatic cells in milk, through the use of
microscope. . (This system is used to check and verify electronic cell count
machines used in DHI laboratories.)
|
|
Disbud
|
Remove
hornbuds from a very young kid
|
|
Disinfectant
|
Agent that kills microorganisms
|
|
Distal
|
Away
from the body (the hand is distal to the elbow.)
|
|
Diuresis
|
Increased production and excretion of
urine
|
|
DMSCC
|
see
Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count
|
|
Doe
|
A
female goat.
|
|
Doeling
|
A
female goat kid
|
|
Dorsal
|
In
the back (he tail is dorsal to the body.)
|
|
Dressing
weight
|
Chilled
carcass weight divided by live weight, expressed as a percentage.
Dressing
Weight x 100= Dressing %
Live
Weight
|
|
Dry
|
Not
milking
|
|
Dry
goat
|
An
adult doe that is not milking
|
|
Dry
matter (DM)
|
The
moisture-free content of feeds.
|
|
Dry
off
|
To
change a lactating animal to a nonlactating one, by milking her less and less
frequently until she stops milking altogether. This is usually done 6 to
8 weeks prior to freshening so the mammary gland can heal and the goat can
rest..
|
|
Dry
period
|
The
time period when a goat is not milking, usually because it is in the 4thand
5th month of pregnancy. The dry period
allows the mammary glands to heal, and the mother to rest before she gives
birth. Nutritionally, it is a
critical period, which determines the year's level of milk production and the
health of the mother and offspring.
|
|
Dyspnea
|
Difficulty
breathing.
|
|
Dystocia
|
Abnormal
labor and delivery.
|
|
Ear
tag
|
A
tag that is attached to the ear of a dairy goat for identification
purposes..
|
|
Edema
|
Swelling
due to the presence of a lot of fluid in the body tissues.
|
|
Emaciation
|
A
wasting away of the goat. Loss of body
weight and body condition, due to malnutrition or illness.
|
|
Embryo
recipient
|
A
goat that carries the embryo and delivers the offspring of another goat
|
|
Embryo
transfer
|
Technology
whereby fertilized eggs (ova), are flushed from the donor's uterus, and
are transferred to another animal, who serves as a surrogate mother, or are
frozen for later use.
|
|
Endocrine
|
Secreting
internally
|
|
Ensilage
(silage)
|
Fresh
forage, cut and then preserved by fermentation in a silo, pit, or stack.
|
|
Enteritis
|
An
irritation of the small intestine
|
|
Epidemic
|
The
rapid spreading of a disease so that many animals or people have it
concurrently. See epizootic.
|
|
Epizootic
|
Designating
a widely diffused disease of animals spreading rapidly and affecting
many individuals of a kind concurrently in any region, thus corresponding to
an epidemic in man.
|
|
Eructation
|
Burping
|
|
Escutcheon
|
The
part of a goat that extends upward just above and back of the udder
where the hair turns upward in contrast to the normal downward direction of
hair. Also called milk mirror.
|
|
Estrus
(oestrus, estrous)
|
The
period when the goat is in heat, and is able to conceive
|
|
Exocrine
|
Secreting
to the outside
|
|
Extra
label use drug
|
An
antibiotic or other chemical used on the advice of a veterinarian in a
dosage, route of administration, for a disease, or in some other manner not
included on the approved printed package label.
|
|
Extroversion
|
The
process of exposure of tissues inside the streak canal of goats' teats.
It is usually caused by prolonged milking and excessive milking vacuum or
inadequate pulsation.
|
|
False
heat
|
The
display of estrus by a female animal when she is already pregnant.
|
|
Fecal
coliform bacteria
|
See
coliform bacteria.
|
|
Feed
efficiency (feed conversion)
|
The
units of feed consumed per unit of weight increase or per unit of
production of milk or meat
|
|
Fetus
(or foetus)
|
The
unborn young of an animal
|
|
Fiber
|
The
cellulose part of roughages (forages) which is low in TDN.
|
|
Fibrotic
(fibrosis)
|
Of
a condition marked by the presence of interstitial fibrous tissue,
especially in the mammary gland resulting from mastitis.
|
|
Flat
barn milking area
|
An
area for milking cattle where the person milking cattle is on the same
level or floor as the cattle. May be used with pipeline or bucket milking
systems.
|
|
Fluid
milk (market milk)
|
Milk
commonly marketed as fresh liquid milks and creams. It is the most
perishable form of milk and commands the highest price per unit
|
|
Fomite
|
Inanimate
objects that carry agents from one animal to another.
|
|
Foot
rot
|
An
inflammation occurring between the toes and in the hooves of sheep and
cattle. It is caused by a combination of fungus and bacteria.
|
|
Forage
|
Roughage
of high feeding value. Grasses and legumes cut at the proper stage of
maturity and stored to preserve quality are forage. A crop that is high in
fiber and grown especially to feed ruminant animals.
|
|
Forbes
|
Weeds
and wildflowers
|
|
Fore
stripping
|
Expressing
streams of milk from the teat prior to machine milking to determine
visual quality and to stimulate "letdown."
|
|
Founder
(laminitis)
|
Inflammation
of foot and lower leg of ruminant animals caused by overeating grain or
green grass.
|
|
Free-choice
|
A
feeding system that allows animals to eat at will. See self-feeder.
|
|
Freemartin
|
Female
born twin to a bull calf (about 9 out of 10 of these will not conceive).
A sterile heifer born twin with a bull.
|
|
Free
stalls
|
Resting
cubicles or "beds" in which dairy animals are free to enter
and leave, as opposed to being confined in stanchions.
|
|
Fresh
|
A
goat that has recently given birth to a calf. Also refers to dairy
products having original qualities unimpaired and those recently produced or
processed.
|
|
Freshen
|
To
start milking after giving birth.
|
First
Freshener
(also
called a "first time freshener")
|
A
doe that had her first baby and has begun milking for the first time.
|
|
Gastroenteritis
|
Chemical,
bacterial, or viral inflammation of the mucosa of the stomach and
intestines.
|
|
Gender
|
Sex:
doe, buck or whether
|
|
Genotype
|
Breed:
Alpine, Toggenburg, LaMancha, Oberhasli, Saanen, Boer, Spanish, Kiko etc.
|
|
Gestation
|
The
period when the animal is pregnant
|
|
Giving
milk
|
Lactating,
or the act of yielding milk by a mammal.
|
|
Grade
Goat
|
A
goat that shows a lot of breed characteristics, but has only one purebred
parent.
|
|
Grade
A milk
|
Milk
produced and processed under rigid sanitary regulations established by
the federal and state governments.
Milking and processing facilities are licensed and inspected. Fluid
milk has to be grade A milk.
|
|
Grading
up
|
The
continued use of purebred bucks with grade does.
|
|
Grass
tetany
|
A
magnesium-deficiency disease of cattle characterized by
hyperirritability, muscular spasms of legs, and convulsions.
|
|
Graze
|
To
eat vegetation in fields and pastures.
|
Green
chop
|
Fresh
forage cut and chopped in the field and hauled to livestock to minimize
the loss of moisture and nutrients due to storage.
|
|
Green
stain
|
See
Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count.
|
|
Haylage (also called low moisture silage)
|
Grass and
legume crops are cut and dried in the field, until they reach a moisture
level between 35 and 55 percent. Then
it is placed in a airtight storage system.
|
|
Heart
girth
|
The
circumference of the body, just behind the shoulders of an animal. Heart
girth can be converted to body weight.
|
|
Heat
|
See
estrus.
|
|
Heat
period
|
That
period of time when a female will accept a male for mating.
|
|
Hemorrhage
|
The
escape of blood
|
|
Herd
|
A
group of animals.
|
|
Herd
average
|
Average
milk and component production per goat for all goats in the herd for 12
months.
|
|
Hermaphrodite
|
see
intersex
|
|
Herringbone
milking parlor
|
A
milking parlor that has the headstall units on the milking stand arranged at
an angle. The goats can be milked
either from behind or from the side.
|
|
High-moisture
silage
|
Silage
that has 70 percent or more moisture.
|
|
Hocks
|
The
ankle joints of a goat.
|
|
Holding
area (holding pen)
|
An
area to keep goats as they wait to enter the milking parlor.
|
|
Homogenized
milk
|
Milk
that has been treated to break up milk fat.
|
|
Host
|
Any animal (or plant) harboring
parasites that live at its expense
|
|
Hundredweight
(cwt.)
|
100
lbs. of milk
|
|
Hydro-
|
A
prefix referring to a fluid such as water
|
|
Hydrometria
|
An
accumulation of thin mucous or other watery fluid in the uterus
|
|
Hypocalcemia
|
See
parturient paresis.
|
|
Hypoglycemia
|
Below
normal blood sugar. Low glucose level.
|
|
International
Unit (IU) or USP Unit
|
A
unit of measurement for vitamins, hormones, antibiotics or antitoxins, as
defined by the International Conference for Unification of Formulae.
|
|
Immunity
|
The
power an animal has, to resist an infection to which most of its species
is susceptible.
|
|
Incubation
period
|
The period of time between the time
infection occurs and the time when symptoms first appear
|
|
Induced
lactation
|
Lactation
that is artificially started by the use of hormones, instead of by
birthing.
|
|
Infection
|
Invasion of pathogenic organisms into
body tissue
|
|
Inflammation
|
A local reaction of the body against an
irritant; characterized by redness, swelling, pain and heat
|
|
Inflations
|
see
liners
|
|
"In
milk"
|
Describes
a doe that is lactating.
|
|
Intake
protein (IP)
|
Total
protein or nitrogen consumed without regard to quality. Simply what protein the goat takes in.
|
|
Integumentary
|
Of
the covering layer of an animal; the skin
|
|
Intersex
|
An
animal or person having both male and female sexual characteristics and
organs
|
|
Intradermal
|
Between
skin layers
|
|
Intramuscular
|
In
the muscle
|
|
Intraperitoneal
|
Within the body cavity
|
|
Intravenous
|
Within
a vein
|
|
In
Utero
|
Within
the uterus
|
|
In
vitro
|
Within
an artificial environment, such as a test tube.
|
|
In
vivo
|
Within
a living body.
|
|
Involution
|
A
decrease in the size of an organ.
Examples: decrease in size of the uterus after giving birth, or the
decrease in size of mammary gland tissue when goat is drying off.
|
|
Ketonuria
|
The
presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
Can be found by dipping diabetic ketone strips in urine.
|
|
Ketosis
|
An
abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood.
|
|
Kid
|
A
young male or female goat up to one year old.
|
|
Kidding
|
Giving
birth
|
|
Kid
holding box
|
A
wooden box that holds kids still for disbudding, vaccinating, tattooing and
treatments..
|
|
Knock-kneed
|
Knees
together, feet wide apart
|
|
Lachrymation
|
Making
tears.
|
|
Lactate
|
To
produce milk.
|
|
Lactating
|
Producing
milk
|
|
Lactation
average
|
Actual
average milk and component production for all goats in the herd, that was completed during a 12-month
period. (Since dry days are not included, lactation averages usually are
higher than rolling herd averages.)
|
|
Lactation
period
|
The
period of time in which the goat gives milk.
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Lactation
record
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The
total milk and components produced by the goat, beginning on the day she
kidded, and ending on the day she goes dry.
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Lactation
totals to date
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The
production totals for milk and components through the current test
date.
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Lactose
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A
12-carbon sugar which is unique to milk.
It is composed of glucose and galactose.
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Lactose
intolerance
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A
condition in which someone cannot digest lactose due to a lack of lactase
enzyme.
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Lamb
bucket
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Grey
bucket with three pink rubber nipples on it. Each nipple has a one-way
valve that prevents milk from flowing back into, and contaminating, the milk
in the bucket.
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Lateral
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Away
from the midline of the body
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Legumes
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Alfalfas
and clovers that can absorb nitrogen directly from the air due to small
nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the roots.
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Letdown
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The
process where stimulating the udder causes a release of oxytocin, and
the contraction of smooth muscles which surround milk alveoli. This results in pressure in the udder that
starts milk flow. This process takes less than a minute in a goat.
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Lifetime
production totals
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The
production totals for milk and components since the first kidding (or
first time on DHI test).
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Lignin
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An
indigestible compound in the cell walls of plants.
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Liner
(inflation)
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A
flexible "sleeve" inside the milking "teat cup" or
"liner holder". In response
to vacuum pressure, the liner alternately squeezes and lets go of the udder.
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Liner
slip
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Slippage
of the inflation and teat cup during milking. Makes a
"slurping" sound. Slipping can cause fluctuations in vacuum
pressure which affect milk output and may cause mastitis from the
irritation. Slippage is common where
farmers use converted cow equipment to milk goats. Vacuum pressure fluctuations can be
decreased through the use of a pulsator board.
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Loafing
shed or area or pen
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A
building or pen where goats can rest.
Provides shade and shelter from the weather.
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Loose
housing (free housing)
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Facilities
which allow goats free access to a large, open bedded area.
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Low-moisture
silage
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See
Haylage.
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Manure
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The
fecal and urinary excretions of livestock.
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Mastitis
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An
inflammation of the mammary glands (udder).
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Medical
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Toward
the midline of the body
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Metritis
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An
inflammation of the uterus.
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Milk
fat
(butterfat
or fat)
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Triglycerides
found in milk. Contain many fatty
acids.
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Milk
fever
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Low
calcium. See parturient paresis.
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Milk
meter
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A
device, which measures the amount of milk a goat gives.
It is placed between the milking cluster and the milk line.
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Milkstone
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A
mineral residue, which deposits on milking equipment. Equipment should be
rinsed with a warm, not hot, rinse before washing to avoid the formation of
milkstone. It is soluble in acid.
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Morbidity
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rate of illness within a population
(group) of animals
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Mortality
rate
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death rate within a population (group)
of animals
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Mount
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When
an animal climbs onto another animal when in heat.
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Mummified
fetus
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A
dead fetus that has remained in the uterus. It becomes very dry, as the
fluids in it's body are absorbed by the mother, shrivels and looks like a
mummy.
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