Bellwork Sheep have a ruminant digestive system. What does this mean? What types of foods can they eat? What is the difference between ruminant and monogastric?

Bellwork Sheep have a ruminant digestive system.

What does this mean? What types of foods can they eat? What is the difference between ruminant and

monogastric?

Goats

Unit 30Pages 611 - 613

Terms Buck/Billy: intact male

Wether: castrated male

Doe: female that has given birth

Doeling: young female goat

Kid: goat under 6 months of age

Background & Uses Domesticated in Western Asia

Brought to U.S. from Switzerland for milk production

Meat – chevon Dairy – milk Fiber - mohair

BreedsBoer - meat Angora – mohair

LaMancha- Nubian- dairy dairy

Toggenburg-Pygmy dairy

pets

Growth Gestation – about 5 months Kidding – giving birth

Kids need colostrum Castration, disbudding, vaccinations

Identification through eartags or ear tattoos

Digestion & Feeding Ruminant digestive system

twigs & leaves instead of grass ‘browsers’ more like deer, rather than ‘grazers’

such as sheep and cattle Grain supplements

corn, barley, wheat, oat, soybean meal, cottonseed meal

Products Mohair – socks, blankets, sweaters, etc.

Meat – chevon Ribs, chops, roasts, etc.

Milk Cheese, butter, soaps, lotions,