Re: Goat Terms~Wikipedia
Entropin - An inherited trait in which the lower eyelashes are inverted, causing the eyelashes of the lower lid to irritate the eye.
Esophageal Tube - Catheter placed down the esophagus of a goat to administer electrolytes and high energy liquids while debilitated. (to Tube a goat)
Estrogen - Hormone that causes regression of the corpus luteum and stimulates estrus.
Estrus - The time period from beginning of one heat to the beginning of the next heat. Approximately 21days.
Estrus Cycle - A series of cycles during which time the doe comes into regular heat; usually from July through February.
External Parasite - Parasites that may be found on the hair, skin and in the nasal and ear passages. (Lice, keds, mites, fleas, ticks etc.)
Fertile - The ability to produce offspring.
Fetus -The unborn young in the later stages of development.
Flehmen Response - Curling of the upper lip in response to detecting sexual readiness or health of kids. Used by both sexes.
Flight Zone - Maximum zone of comfort or security of animals before they "take flight" when approached.
Flushing - Increasing the doe's nutritional intake before mating, thought to stimulate ovulation and assure conception.
Foot Bath - Chemical and water mixture, that goats stand in, used for the prevention and/or treatment of foot rot and foot scald.
Foot rot - Fungus infection that can cause lameness. Usually caused by lack of hoof trimming and/or having feet in wet pens over an extended period of time.
Forage - Fiber-containing feedstuffs such as silage, hay and pasture.
Forcing Pen - Pen used to confine goats, usually a narrow place, prior to moving them into chutes for loading or treatments.
Free choice - Method of feeding when food or salt/minerals etc are made available at all times.
Freshen - When a doe kids and starts producing milk.
Gambrel Restrainer - Restraining device that is a gambrel-shaped piece of plastic that is placed over the top of the animal's neck, with slots on either side to hold both front legs of the animal on either side of the head- used for various reasons; while medicating, hoof trimming etc.
Gastro-Enteritis - An acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, characterised by anorexia, nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and weakness, which has various causes, including food poisoning due to infection with such organisms as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella species, consumption of irritating food or drink or psychological factors such as anger, stress and fear. Synonym: enterogastritis'
Gestation - Period of pregnancy beginning at conception and ending with birth (146-156 days; approximately 5 months).
Gopher ear - LaMancha ear one inch or less in length with no cartilage.
Grade - A doe with one parent being registered and the other of mixed or unknown ancestry.
Grafting - Fostering a kid onto a doe that is not its natural mother- used in the case of death of matural mother typically.
Guardian Dog (LGD)- A dog that stays with the goats without harming them and aggressively protects from predators. Not to be confused with a Herd Dog which is used typically for cattle and sheep, but sometimes for goats to herd pastured livestock where you want them to be.
Heart girth - Circumference of the chest just behind the front legs.
Heat - sexual readiness, see estrus.
Herd - more than one goat.
Hermaphrodite - An animal with both male and female sexual organs. This is more common when breeding polled goat to polled goat.
Hypocalcemia - Abnormally low calciumconcentration, that can result in muscle cramps, abdominal cramps, spasms, and hyperactive deep tendon reflexes.Low blood calcium can be seen in cases of hypoparathyroidism, low vitamin D intake, pregnancy, osteomalacia and certain kidney diseases.
Hypoproteinemia - Abnormally small amounts of total protein in the circulating blood plasma.
Hypothermia - Inability to keep warm often caused by cold or wet weather. (Birth Chill)
IM - Method of giving injection, Intramuscularly- for better absorption of medication.
Immunity - A resistance to a specific pathogenic microorganism or disease.
Intermediate Host - An animal or other living body in which a parasite completes part of its life cycle and usually causes no damage to this host.
In kid - Referring to a pregnant doe.
In Milk- Producing milk after parturation (giving birth).
Internal Parasites - Parasites located in the body of the goat.
Iodine - Disinfectant used on navels of newborn kids. Veterinary iodine contains 7% iodine.
Keds - Bloodsucking external parasites that pierce the skin.
Ketones - Compounds found in the blood of pregnant goats suffering from pregnancy toxemia.
Kid(s) - Baby goats, either sex.
Kidding - The process of having goat babies.
Lactating - Giving milk or in-milk.
Lactated Ringers Solution - Used for hydrating a dehydrated goat.
Legume -Plants that include alfalfa ,lespedeza and the clovers- higher in protein than grass pasture or hay.
Let down - Release of the milk by the mammary glands; usually stimulated by the presence of the milker or kid. Also induced by "bumping" the udder.
Leukocyte- White blood cell.
LGD - Livestock Guardian Dog, a specific breed used for guarding goats and sheep. ie: Maremmas, Great Pyrenese, Kommodors
Liver Flukes - Parasite that damages the liver.
Loading Chute - A chute used for loading animals into a trailer for travel or another pen after medicating.
Lochia - The natural dark bloody discharge a doe has for a couple of weeks after kidding -typically does not start until 7 days after delivery.
Lungworms - Internal parasite found in the respiratory tract and lung tissue.
Mange - Contagious, itchy skin disease caused by mite.
Mange Mites - Mites which infest and damage the skin and hair.
Manger - A trough that holds feed.
Manure - Usually referring to the dry feces of ruminants.
Mastitis - Inflammation of the mammary gland caused by bacterial infection, resulting in reduced milk production.
Metritis - Inflammation of the uterus.
Milk Fever - A slight elevation of temperature following kidding, said to be due to the establishment of the secretion of milk, but probably the same as absorption fever, an afebrile metabolic disease, occurring shortly after parturition in goats, characterised by hypocalcemia and manifested by loss of consciousness and general paralysis.
Milk Replacer - Artificial milk substitute (usually soy based) fed to young goats, This breeder doe not recommend the use of for any reason.
ml- Milliliter, same as cc; method for measurment of medication in a syringe.
Monogastric - Mammals that have one stomach, goats are born using only one of the four stomachs they are born with.
Mycotoxin - Toxic compounds, produced by fungi, that contaminate hay.
Nanny - Old fashioned refferance to a doe, not appreciated by most of the goat associations now.
Natural Immunity - Inherited resistance to disease that varies between breeds, strains within breeds and individuals.
Necropsy - Examination of a dead animal to determine cause of death. Animal autopsy.
Off feed - Not eating as much as usual. This is a sign of an ill goat.
Omasum - The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach. Also called Manyplies: So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane.
On test - Enrolled in the DHIA milk testing program.
Oocyst - A stage in the life of coccidia (a protozoal parasite) that is shed in manure. Goats become infected by ingesting oocysts from eating hay and feed from the ground.
Open Doe - A doe who is not yet bred.
Orifice - Usually refers to the opening in the end of a teat.
(OTC) Over the Counter - Medications that can be purchased directly without prescription.
Ovary - Primary female reproductive organ.
Ovulation - In estrus, when the egg released from the ovary.
Entropin - An inherited trait in which the lower eyelashes are inverted, causing the eyelashes of the lower lid to irritate the eye.
Esophageal Tube - Catheter placed down the esophagus of a goat to administer electrolytes and high energy liquids while debilitated. (to Tube a goat)
Estrogen - Hormone that causes regression of the corpus luteum and stimulates estrus.
Estrus - The time period from beginning of one heat to the beginning of the next heat. Approximately 21days.
Estrus Cycle - A series of cycles during which time the doe comes into regular heat; usually from July through February.
External Parasite - Parasites that may be found on the hair, skin and in the nasal and ear passages. (Lice, keds, mites, fleas, ticks etc.)
Fertile - The ability to produce offspring.
Fetus -The unborn young in the later stages of development.
Flehmen Response - Curling of the upper lip in response to detecting sexual readiness or health of kids. Used by both sexes.
Flight Zone - Maximum zone of comfort or security of animals before they "take flight" when approached.
Flushing - Increasing the doe's nutritional intake before mating, thought to stimulate ovulation and assure conception.
Foot Bath - Chemical and water mixture, that goats stand in, used for the prevention and/or treatment of foot rot and foot scald.
Foot rot - Fungus infection that can cause lameness. Usually caused by lack of hoof trimming and/or having feet in wet pens over an extended period of time.
Forage - Fiber-containing feedstuffs such as silage, hay and pasture.
Forcing Pen - Pen used to confine goats, usually a narrow place, prior to moving them into chutes for loading or treatments.
Free choice - Method of feeding when food or salt/minerals etc are made available at all times.
Freshen - When a doe kids and starts producing milk.
Gambrel Restrainer - Restraining device that is a gambrel-shaped piece of plastic that is placed over the top of the animal's neck, with slots on either side to hold both front legs of the animal on either side of the head- used for various reasons; while medicating, hoof trimming etc.
Gastro-Enteritis - An acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, characterised by anorexia, nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and weakness, which has various causes, including food poisoning due to infection with such organisms as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella species, consumption of irritating food or drink or psychological factors such as anger, stress and fear. Synonym: enterogastritis'
Gestation - Period of pregnancy beginning at conception and ending with birth (146-156 days; approximately 5 months).
Gopher ear - LaMancha ear one inch or less in length with no cartilage.
Grade - A doe with one parent being registered and the other of mixed or unknown ancestry.
Grafting - Fostering a kid onto a doe that is not its natural mother- used in the case of death of matural mother typically.
Guardian Dog (LGD)- A dog that stays with the goats without harming them and aggressively protects from predators. Not to be confused with a Herd Dog which is used typically for cattle and sheep, but sometimes for goats to herd pastured livestock where you want them to be.
Heart girth - Circumference of the chest just behind the front legs.
Heat - sexual readiness, see estrus.
Herd - more than one goat.
Hermaphrodite - An animal with both male and female sexual organs. This is more common when breeding polled goat to polled goat.
Hypocalcemia - Abnormally low calciumconcentration, that can result in muscle cramps, abdominal cramps, spasms, and hyperactive deep tendon reflexes.Low blood calcium can be seen in cases of hypoparathyroidism, low vitamin D intake, pregnancy, osteomalacia and certain kidney diseases.
Hypoproteinemia - Abnormally small amounts of total protein in the circulating blood plasma.
Hypothermia - Inability to keep warm often caused by cold or wet weather. (Birth Chill)
IM - Method of giving injection, Intramuscularly- for better absorption of medication.
Immunity - A resistance to a specific pathogenic microorganism or disease.
Intermediate Host - An animal or other living body in which a parasite completes part of its life cycle and usually causes no damage to this host.
In kid - Referring to a pregnant doe.
In Milk- Producing milk after parturation (giving birth).
Internal Parasites - Parasites located in the body of the goat.
Iodine - Disinfectant used on navels of newborn kids. Veterinary iodine contains 7% iodine.
Keds - Bloodsucking external parasites that pierce the skin.
Ketones - Compounds found in the blood of pregnant goats suffering from pregnancy toxemia.
Kid(s) - Baby goats, either sex.
Kidding - The process of having goat babies.
Lactating - Giving milk or in-milk.
Lactated Ringers Solution - Used for hydrating a dehydrated goat.
Legume -Plants that include alfalfa ,lespedeza and the clovers- higher in protein than grass pasture or hay.
Let down - Release of the milk by the mammary glands; usually stimulated by the presence of the milker or kid. Also induced by "bumping" the udder.
Leukocyte- White blood cell.
LGD - Livestock Guardian Dog, a specific breed used for guarding goats and sheep. ie: Maremmas, Great Pyrenese, Kommodors
Liver Flukes - Parasite that damages the liver.
Loading Chute - A chute used for loading animals into a trailer for travel or another pen after medicating.
Lochia - The natural dark bloody discharge a doe has for a couple of weeks after kidding -typically does not start until 7 days after delivery.
Lungworms - Internal parasite found in the respiratory tract and lung tissue.
Mange - Contagious, itchy skin disease caused by mite.
Mange Mites - Mites which infest and damage the skin and hair.
Manger - A trough that holds feed.
Manure - Usually referring to the dry feces of ruminants.
Mastitis - Inflammation of the mammary gland caused by bacterial infection, resulting in reduced milk production.
Metritis - Inflammation of the uterus.
Milk Fever - A slight elevation of temperature following kidding, said to be due to the establishment of the secretion of milk, but probably the same as absorption fever, an afebrile metabolic disease, occurring shortly after parturition in goats, characterised by hypocalcemia and manifested by loss of consciousness and general paralysis.
Milk Replacer - Artificial milk substitute (usually soy based) fed to young goats, This breeder doe not recommend the use of for any reason.
ml- Milliliter, same as cc; method for measurment of medication in a syringe.
Monogastric - Mammals that have one stomach, goats are born using only one of the four stomachs they are born with.
Mycotoxin - Toxic compounds, produced by fungi, that contaminate hay.
Nanny - Old fashioned refferance to a doe, not appreciated by most of the goat associations now.
Natural Immunity - Inherited resistance to disease that varies between breeds, strains within breeds and individuals.
Necropsy - Examination of a dead animal to determine cause of death. Animal autopsy.
Off feed - Not eating as much as usual. This is a sign of an ill goat.
Omasum - The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach. Also called Manyplies: So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane.
On test - Enrolled in the DHIA milk testing program.
Oocyst - A stage in the life of coccidia (a protozoal parasite) that is shed in manure. Goats become infected by ingesting oocysts from eating hay and feed from the ground.
Open Doe - A doe who is not yet bred.
Orifice - Usually refers to the opening in the end of a teat.
(OTC) Over the Counter - Medications that can be purchased directly without prescription.
Ovary - Primary female reproductive organ.
Ovulation - In estrus, when the egg released from the ovary.
