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An Introduction to Feeding Small
Ruminants
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http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/feedingsmallruminants.html
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Blending Grain and
Feedstuffs- How To Figure The Proper Proportions
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http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1500/build/g1500.pdf
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Comparison of Nutrient
Costs for Different Feedstuffs
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http://sheepandgoat.com/spreadsheets/nutrientcosts2004.xls
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Creep Feeding Kid Goats
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http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/sheep-goats/ASWeb077-creepgoats.pdf
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Includes feeder design, and
specifications for creep feed.
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Economic Evaluation of Alternative
Feeds for Dairy
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http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/disaster/drought/economicevaluationalternatives.html
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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.
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Evaluating Hay Quality
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http://extension.umd.edu/publications/pdfs/fs644.pdf
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Excellent article on hay, with hay
quality score sheet and glossary of forage terminology.
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Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats
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http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/dairy/g03990.htm
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Feeding distillers grain
byproducts
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http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/newsletter/goatproducersnewsletter1105.pdf
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Goat Nutrition: Energy
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http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/sheep-goats/ASWeb078-goatenergy.pdf
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Goat Nutrition: Protein
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http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/sheep-goats/ASWeb081-goatprotein.pdf
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Goat Nutrition and Feeding, Jack Wallace,
powerpoint 2561, Oklahoma Meat Goat Conference 2006
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Best to locate this slide show by
Googling "Oklahoma Meat Goat Conference 2006"
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Excellent, concise summary of goat
nutrition. Has directions for making a ration and adjusting it for pregnancy
and lactation
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Interpreting a Feed Tag
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http://www.theikga.org/how_to_read_feed_tag.html
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Introduction To Goat Nutrition
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http://www.luresext.edu/goats/training/nutrition.html
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Nutrient Requirement Calculator
and Ration Balancer Calculators (LINC calculators)
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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/nutrition.html#using
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From Langston University E [Kika]
de la Garza Goat Research Center
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Rumen Development slides
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http://www.das.psu.edu/research-extension/dairy/nutrition/calves/rumen
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These slides demonstrate the
importance of the order of feeding youngstock: feeding milk, then grain, then
hay. Pictures are of calf rumens, but Dr. Van Saun said this applies to goat
rumens as well.
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Sampling forage for testing
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http://www.age.psu.edu/extension/Factsheets/i/I104.pdf
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Includes instructions for round
and square hay, haylage and baleage bales, loose stacks and silage (bagged
and in silos).
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Sheep and Meat Goat Ration
Evaluator
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http://sheepandgoat.com/spreadsheets/RationEvaluator2004.xls
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Understanding Ruminant Nutrition:
Feeding For Two (the goat and the rumen)
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www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses-jmgay/documents/FeedingFor2.doc
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What About Hay?
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http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/sheep-goats/ASWeb079-goathaypdf.pdf
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Excellent article, dealing with
grazing and hay supplementation off season.
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Feeding the Meat Goat Herd
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http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/feedinggoatherd.html
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