Glossary

• Abortion


  Premature birth
• Ad libitum


  Unlimited or liberal feeding
• Afterbirth


  The placenta and other membrane expelled after delivery of the fetus or young
• Antibiotic


  A substance produced by molds, which inhibits growth or kills bacteria
• Anthelmintics


  Drugs administered as drench, bolus, or mixed in feed to get rid of internal parasites, such as worms and flukes
• Browse plants


  Shrubs or trees nibbled by goats
• Buck


  A mature male goat
• Buck kid


  A male kid
• By-pass protein


  Dietary protein, which has passed or escaped the rumen undegraded
• Castration


  A surgical operation that removes the primary sex organs (testes)
• Cauterize


  To burn with a hot iron
• Chevon


  Goat meat
• Colostrum


  The first milk of the doe after kidding
• Concentrates


  Grains or feeds that are low (less than 18%) in crude fiber, but high in digestible nutrient content
• Docile


  Easy to manage or handle; tamed
• Doe


  A mature female goat that has kidded or given birth
• Doeling


  A mature female goat that has not yet kidded
• Doe kid


  A female kid
• Drench


  To give liquid medicine to animals by pouring down the throat of the animal
• Emasculator


  An instrument used in castration
• Enteritis


  Inflammation of the intestine
• Estrous cycle (heat cycle)


  Interval from one estrus to the next estrus
• Estrus (heat period)


  The period when the doe is receptive to mating
• Excreta


  Waste matter such as urine, feces, and sweat expelled by the body of an animal
• Fawn


  Light yellowish brown color
• Fodder


  Feed materials for ruminant animals, either fresh or dried, but usually coarse
• Forage


  Feed materials for ruminants, usually with lower nutritive value and digestibility than concentrates
• Foreleg


  The front legs of quadrupeds or animals with four legs
• Forequarters


  The front region or part of the body of a quadruped, or four-legged animal comprising the shoulder and the chest regions
• Fluke


  A flat and leaf-like parasite worm. When it infests the liver, it is a liverfluke.
• Freshen


  To kid or give birth to a young
• Frog


  The soft part at the center of the hoof
• General herd


  Herd composed of all the animals in the farm; bucks, castrated males, dry does, and weanlings
• Gestation


  Pregnancy; the period from fertilization to birth
• Grades


  The offspring of a native or indigenous breed
• Heel


  Back of the foot
• Herd


  A group of animals kept feeding or traveling together
• Hindquarters


  The back or posterior region of the animals, including the parts supported by the hind legs
• Hooks


  The joint in the hind legs of an animal which corresponds to the knee
• Hoof


  The entire part of the foot of the animal covered by the horny covering