Sheep and Goat Production Systems

Order Form for UNP-0124 Meat Goats: Reproduction, Nutrition & Health

Scrapie Disease Information

• Alabama Scrapie Eradication Program [Flock ID application/Tag Order/Tatoo Registration Form]
• Eradicate Scrapie!
• Scrapie Eradication Program
• Scrapie Flock Certification Program

Upcoming Events

• Small Ruminants Conference & Field Day September 24, 2011
• IKGA KikoFest September 15-17, 2011
• Georgia Goat AI Course 2011 June 24, 2011
• Farm Bus Tours: NC A&T * Massey Creek Farms * Holly Grove Farms, Inc May 20-23, 2011
• Small Ruminant Health from A-Z Camp Feb 5, 2011

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Comprehensive Annual Report of Accomplishments and Results [2006]

Recommended Links

• Birth to weaning kid traits from a complete diallel of Boer, Kiko, and Spanish meat goat breeds semi-intensively managed on humid subtropical pasture
• Doe reproductive rates among Boer F1 and four purebred genotypes including Myotonic in the southeastern United States
• Free Ads for Rural America
• International Kiko Goats Association
• Survival rates within a breeding population of Boer, Kiko, and Spanish does managed in the southeastern United States

Recent Events

• Livestock Integrated Parasite Manaement and Goat/Seep Production Workshop [8/23/2010]
• West Alabama Marketing Small Ruminants Conference Press Release (.doc), West Alabama Marketing Small Ruminants Conference Brochure & Program (.doc) (.pdf)
• Alabama Spring Small Ruminant Workshop & Alabama Kiko Sale (.doc) May 28 & 29, 2010
• Breed Stock Workshop (Selecting and Marketing) A Success Promoted by ACES and GSPA
• 2008 Small Ruminant GI Parasite Workshops
• Workshop: Goat Health From A to Z
• Alabama Goat and Sheep Producers visit TSU's Research Farm
• Annual Field Day for Alabama Meat Goat Producers at Tennessee State University
• 2009 Gastro-Intestinal Parasites Identification and FAMACHA training for Small Ruminant Producers
• Reproduction and Reproductive Management of Meat Goats

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Alabama Cooperative Extension Publications
This page currently has links to 40 publications in the area of Small Ruminants written by Alabama Cooperative Extension Specialists.

Urban and Nontraditional Animal Sciences, Small Ruminant Publications

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Other Publications

• Body weight gain and voluntary feed intake in meat goat does fed endophyte-infected and endophyte-free tall fescue seed
• Breed evaluation for health, reproductive, and carcass traits in meat goats: observations from the southeastern US
• Effects of kid genotype on carcass traits of meat goats from a three-breed diallel
• Evaluation of three meat goat breeds for doe fitness and reprodcutive performance in the southeastern US
• Fitness of Boer, Kiko, and Spanish does managed on humid, subtropical pasture in central Tennessee
• Goat production: the role of liveweight scales
• Mid-project (Three-Year) Research Report: Breed Evaluation of Meat Goats for Doe-Kid Performance when Managed on Southeastern US Pasture
• Reproductive, growth, and fitness traits among Boer, Kiko, and Spanish meat goats meat goat does semi-intensively managed in the southeastern US
• Sire and dam breed effects on carcass characteristics of meat goat kids from a three-breed diallel
• Use of On-Farm Performance Testing to Enhance the Meat Goat Herd Enterprise

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Extension Team Project 11B Members:

Dr. Julio E. Correa, Extension State Specialist, (256) 372-4173
Dr. Maria L. Leite-Browning, Extension State Specialist, (256) 372-4954
Dr. Jacqueline U. Johnson, Extension State Specialist, (256) 372-5713
Mr. Robert Spencer, Urban Regional Extension Specialist, (256) 766-6223, Lauderdale County
Mr. Eddie J. Wheeler, Urban Regional Extension Agent, (256) 582-2009
Mr. Tommie Teacher, Urban Regional Extension Agent, (334) 624-8710
Mr. Max W. Runge, Extension Associate, (334) 844-5603