Talk:Fainting goat

message: is anyone aware that the video links in this article are virtually identical? one of them just has a longer intro than the other. i think the shorter one should just be deleted. but perhaps someone else has something to say about this.
I just typed up a paper on the myotonic goat and added the last paragraph of my paper here.  I hope it helps.  If anybody is more eloquent than I, feel free to change it.  Just make sure you do not change any of the info I added.
Also someone shoudl redirect "myotonic goat" to this page since I have no clue how to do it.
Thanks a lot,
-Ryan
:I've added the redirect, thanks for pointing that out. —Chowbok 15:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice photo! Cute goats. I'd love to get a few myself... Phidauex 15:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  duplicate video clip 

message: Is this article true? Because the article seems to be based on the video, and it could easily be a joke.
Nope, it is absulutely true.  Follow the links to faintinggoat.com and the the ALBC at http://www.albc-usa.org/.  I raise these goats and they are really funny.  As they age, they tend to faint less, but the younger ones do often.  I like them because they are gentle and the demand for chevon is growing rapidly.  If you look at the breeders section of faintinggoat.com, you can contact a breeder close to you and visit them in person - goat people in general love to show off their goats :) Redleg 02:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban legend? 

message: I removed this sentence that was the second one in the article: "This causes the goat to emit a miasma that is smelly in nature."
I couldn't verify that they emit gas when fainting, and miasma isn't the correct word.  Spalding 13:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flatulence when fainting?

message: Should this page be titled Myotonic goat, with a redirect from Fainting goat, instead? Even though "fainting goat" is what they are generally called, the breed name is Myotonic. Traviswertz 09:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The association that maintains the breed standard is named "International Fainting Goat Association", so I'm pretty sure that the title is correct. Merenta 18:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Myotonic vs. Fainting? 

message: Am I the only one who thinks that purposefully selecting animals for a genetic defect is ethically wrong? --84.74.135.110 19:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope. Someone should add a statement to that effect to the article. --130.92.9.55 14:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Animal Protection aspect

message: A fainting goat breeder in Virginia, Dr Phil Sponenberg (a specialist in color genetics), has written several articles, one of which is at http://www.goatspots.com/genetics.htm.  It is an article about general goat color genetics, not just fainting goats. Goatfarm (talk) 02:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color Genetics 

message: Fainting goats are referenced in a song by MC Frontalot.  On the album Final Boss, the song "Scare Goat" and the "AM Radio Skit" which introduces it both reference fainting goats.  Not sure if or how to fit this into the main article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.2.1.153 (talk) 12:18, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture Reference 

message: An episode of "MythBusters" suggested, quite plausibly, that fainting goats were bred to help protecting flocks of sheep. The idea was that if a predator attacked the flock, a single fainting goat in amongst them would 'faint' and become an easy target for the predator, giving the sheep a chance to run away.
Might be worth adding to the article?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.203.42.50 (talk) 09:57, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other reasons for keeping fainting goats 

message: All this is hard to believe... but if it's only a gene, it does not define a breed. I own goats and some of them are more easily frightened than others, and others do claim and whine and protest more than others, etc, and I have noticed that those whose mother is always whinning are always whinning also with almost the same voice, but different from their cousins... If "fainting goats" do exist then they could be part of any goat breed if the gene goes around? in that case it's not a special kind of goats. Patris22 (talk) 22:26, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it a breed? 

message: This article is a start, but very much behind the science, research results and commercial use of some of the genetics.  It does not list the registries for the various breeds of pure bred goats that 'faint'.  I will be submitting input for evaluation.  Those wishing to verify my suitability for this task are encouraged to review 'The Nervous Homesteader' FB education group. It is open to read, only members may comment.  This is NOT to promote the page, merely to provide those who are curious a chance to review my contributions to livestock education and experience with these animals.  Please forgive me if I make procedural faux pas, I'm new to the WP community.  SF the Nervous Homesteader (talk) 13:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious redo needed.  

message: 1) Martin, A. F., Bryant, S. H., & Mandel, F. (1984). Isomyosin distribution in skeletal muscles of normal and myotonic goats. Muscle & Nerve, 7(2), 152-160. doi:10.1002/mus.880070212
2) Lipicky, R. J., & Bryant, S. H. (1972). Temperature effects on cable parameters and K efflux in normal and myotonic goats. American Journal of Physiology, 222(1), 213-215. doi:10.220.33.1
3) Hegyeli, A., & Szent-Gyorgyi, A. (1961). Water and Myotonia in Goats. Science, 133(3457), 1011-1011. doi:10.1126/science.133.3457.1011
4) Bryant, S. H. (1979). Myotonia In The Goat. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 314-325
5) Monteagudo, L. V., Tejedor, M. T., Ramos, J. J., Lacasta, D., & Ferrer, L. M. (2015). Ovine congenital myotonia associated with a mutation in the muscle chloride channel gene. The Veterinary Journal, 204(1), 128-129. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.01.014
Abm213 (talk) 19:14, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  In progress Bibliography For Page Updates 

message: The sentence on "Annual kidding rates, weaning rates, doe retention rates, and kid crop weaned" in this section contradicts the abstract of the article (doi:10.2527/jas.2016.1283): "relatively the same in all goats except the Myotonic" contradicts the abstract's assertion that "Myotonic does were intermediate" (behind the other two, but ahead of Boer, which is last). I think Myotonics having the lowest FEC warrants similar emphasis as the authors gave it in their abstract. Since the whole section refers to one source exclusively, it should suffice to refer to it once rather than in every sentence. --87.78.208.151 (talk) 20:03, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meat production section