The Best of Ruminations
2001-2007
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Table of Contents
Understanding Your Goat
Troubleshooting Goat Health Problems
Goat Health Record
The Ruminant Stomach
Goat Teeth
Goat Sociology
Routine Care
Fencing and Shelter
Feeding
The Stanchion
Rotational Grazing
The Ideal Pasture
Supplements
Hoof Trimming
FAMACHA
Creating "Super Worms"
Parasite Control
Giving Injections
Drawing Blood
Vaccinations
Cold Weather Goat Care
Breeding, Pregnancy and Kidding
Pre-breeding
Inbreeding—Good or Bad?
Why AI?
Hypocalcemia: How to Recognize, Treat and Prevent It
Ketosis: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
Abortion in Goats of North America
How to "Read" Ligaments
Kidding for Beginners
A Difficult Kidding
Other Kid Positions
A Difficult Kidding: Part II
Acquired Birth Defects in Kids
Kid Care
Post-Kidding
Tube Feeding a Weak Kid
Floppy Kid Syndrome
Correcting Hyperflexed Legs in a Newborn Kid
Navel Ill
Feeding Kids
Why Disbud?
Disbudding—A Learn-as-you-go Adventure
Castrating Your Buckling
Tattooing and Microchipping
A Word About Milk Goiter
Coccidiosis
Health Issues
Bloat
Brucellosis
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus (CAEV)
Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA)
Caprine Chlamydiosis
Copper Deficiency in Dairy Goats
Tyzzer’s Disease and Copper Deficiency
Coughing Caprines
Enterotoxemia
Foot Rot
Johne’s Disease
Those Pesky Lice!
Listeriosis
Mastitis
Gastrointestinal Parasites
Pinkeye
Pneumonia
Polioencephalomalacia (Goat Polio)
Poisoning
Prussic Acid Poisoning
Q Fever
Rabies
Ringworm
Scrapie
Soremouth
Sunburn
Tetanus
Preventing Urinary Calculi
Medications
Injectable Antibiotics
Injectable Vitamins and Minerals
Miscellaneous Injectables
IV/SQ Solutions
Oral Antibiotics/Antibacterials…
Miscellaneous Oral Products
Oral Pain and Anti-inflammatory Medications
Other Miscellaneous Products
Mastitis Detection and Treatment
Drugs for Intramammary Use
Anthelmintics (Dewormers)
Anticoccidial Products
Natural Care and Home Remedies
Home Remedies
Herbal Remedies
Fighting Flies in the Goat Barn
Alternatives: Herbal Remedies
Alternatives: Teeth
Alternatives: Breeding
Alternatives: Pre-kidding
Alternatives: Parasites
Goat Massage 101
Letting Go
Euthanasia
Disposal of the Body
Bereavement
Resources
Index