Looking after your animals

Learn what you need to be aware of when selecting your breeding herd and how to tackle parasite pressure. You’ll also find here everything you need to know about how to manage your herd’s nutritional needs in a cost effective way.

Animal selection and husbandry

• Factsheet: Managing livestock numbers
• Factsheet: Production from a breeding doe
• Going into Goats Module 5: Goat Selection
• Going into Goats Module 6: Husbandry
• Webinar: Total Grazing Pressure and Goats (aired 15/12/2016)

Parasite control

• Goat Diseases – The Farmers’ Guide
• Goat specific information on internal parasite management
• Going into Goats Module 9: Parasite control
• A series of webinars about the Australian goatmeat industry have been delivered to help boost productivity in the sector. View all of the recordings on YouTube and search for 'goat'. To view the webinars related specifically to parasite control, follow the below links:
• Worm control in goats (aired 9/6/2022)
• Internal parasite control for goats and how WormBoss can help (aired 24/11/2016)
• FAMACHA and goats –a practical on-farm technique for Barber’s Pole (aired 26/05/2015)
• Genetic improvement and parasite management - what you need to know (aired 25/11/2014)

Research of interest

• Expansion of WormBoss website to include goats
• Evaluation of anthelmintic efficacy and dosing practices in goats
• Options for the control of parasites in the Australian Goat
• Dosages, withholding periods and export slaughter intervals of parasiticides registered for use in goats in Australia.

Nutrition

A series of short videos about calculating nutrition requirements have been developed to help make the feed budgeting process simpler. To view the video series, follow the below links:

• Nutrition Part 1: Nutrition introduction and determining forage supply
• Nutrition Part 2: Determining forage demand
• Nutrition Part 3: Calculating a forage budget
• Nutrition Part 4: Supplementation of goats

Going into Goats

• Module 7: Nutrition

A series of webinars about the Australian goatmeat industry have been delivered to help boost productivity in the sector. To view the webinars related specifically to nutrition, follow the below links:

• Rangeland goat growth rate trials (aired  12/12/2017)
• Grazing Pressure and Dog Control Case Study (aired  20/01/2015)

Research of interest

• Response of Rangeland goats to supplements and development of a least-cost supplement calculator
• Measurement of Rangeland Growth Rates
• Trial design development to determine expected growth rates of young goats

Genetics

• Video: Genetics
• Genetic improvement within your goat herd – are you getting the most bang for buck with your selection program? (aired 27/08/2015)
• Genetic improvement and parasite management - what you need to know (aired 25/11/2014)

Research of interest

• Goat DNA collection summary