Holistic goat care
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to raising healthy animals, preventing common ailments, and troubleshooting problems
By: Gianaclis Caldwell
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781603586306
Subjects: Holistic veterinary medicine; Goat farming; Goats
Description: Managing goats successfully requires an understanding of how nature designed them to thrive, including their nutritional and psychological needs, as well as how to identify a problem and intercede before it's too late.  In Holistic Goat Care, Gianaclis Caldwell shares her hands-on expertise gained during more than a decade managing a healthy herd of goats.  This comprehensive guide provides invaluable health care information for all types of goats, whether they are dairy goats, meat goats, fiber goats, or pet goats.  Holistic Goat Care empowers goat owners to confidently diagnose and treat most common ailments and offers a depth of insight and approaches to treatment not found in any other book.  Caldwell places special emphasis throughout on holistic, natural, and alternative approaches to caring for goats.--COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.1.  Starting out right; title: Understanding goats; title: Building a strong herd; title: Pt. 2.  On the farm; title: Farm management; title: Understanding nutritional needs; title: Feed choices for health and vitality; title: Pt. 3.  Managing herd health; title: Fundamental skills and knowledge for goat care; title: Advanced skills, procedures, and management; title: Pt. 4.  The productive herd - making babies and milk; title: Breeding, pregnancy, and delivery; title: Offspring management; title: Pt. 5.  Solving goat health problems; title: The digestive and metabolic systems; title: The respiratory system; title: The cardiovascular and lymph systems; title: The musculoskeletal system and skin; title: The vision and nervous systems; title: The mammary system; title: The reproductive system; title: The urinary system.