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Announcement – 3rd edition of the Indigenous Goat Production Handbook

11/7/2019

Download a copy here.

The 3rd edition of the Indigenous Goat Production Handbook is available. This book aims to assist owners of indigenous goats with semi-intensive and extensive farming systems. It looks at ways to improve the productivity of their herds and start commercializing. This edition contains an expanded section on internal parasites, specifically worms, innovations that have been carried out with farmers in South Africa such as goat dips and kid enclosures, and the results of lessons learned since the last edition. The book is part of an ongoing collaboration of the KwaZulu Natal Goat Agribusiness Project with HPSA, Mdukatshani, and the South African government and vets.

For more information on the project visit www.gapkzn.co.za.
Or contact Marisia Geraci, marisia@hpsa.org.za.

Special thanks to Marisia Geraci, IGA Country Representative for South Africa.

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Book Announcement – Goat Science

9/30/2019

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Edited by Sándor Kukovics
Széchenyi István University of Sciences

Goat science covers quite a wide range and varieties of topics, from genetics and breeding, via nutrition, production systems, reproduction, milk and meat production, animal health and parasitism, etc., up to the effects of goat products on human health. In this book, several parts of them are presented within 18 different chapters. Molecular genetics and genetic improvement of goats are the new approaches of goat development. Several factors affect the passage rate of digesta in goats, but for diet properties, goats are similar to other ruminants. Iodine deficiency in goats could be dangerous. Assisted reproduction techniques have similar importance in goats like in other ruminants. Milk and meat production traits of goats are almost equally important and have significant positive impacts on human health. Many factors affect the health of goats, heat stress being of increasing importance. Production systems could modify all of the abovementioned characteristics of goats.

You can download each chapter at IntechOpen, https://www.intechopen.com/books/goat-science.

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Announcement: Two New Country Representatives and a New Regional Director

7/25/2019

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The IGA Board of Directors is pleased to announce two great new Country Representatives (CR) and a wonderful new Regional Director (RD). They have each demonstrated their commitment to IGA and knowledge of the goat sector.

These recently elected Country Representatives are María Eva Muñoz Mejías (Spain) and Jon Chirisa (Zimbabwe). The new Regional Director is Dr. Juan Boo Liang.

IGA joins the SMARTER Stakeholder Committee

7/22/2019

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IGA is pleased to join the SMARTER Stakeholder Committee, to provide insight and feedback from the new “Small Ruminant Breeding for Efficiency and Resilience.” It is a new European and international initiative funded by the EU that will use genomic selection across countries. It will make selection for traits conferring efficiency and resilience both faster and more efficient. SMARTER will also characterize the phenotype and genome of traditional and underutilized breeds. Finally, SMARTER will propose new breeding strategies that utilize these traits and trade-offs and balance economic, social and environmental challenges.

Please visit the SMARTER website, and sign up for the free newsletter: https://www.smarterproject.eu/

Beth A. Miller, DVM
President, International Goat Association

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Latvian Goat Society's new website

3/14/2019

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Check out the Latvian Goat Society’s beautiful new website, http://www.latkaza.lv/.

Learn more about the Latvian Goat Society and what they do, read this great profile,
Announcement - Latvian Goat Society (Latvijas Kazkopības Biedrība) joins IGA.

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Book Announcement – That Sheep May Safely Graze: Rebuilding Animal Health Care in War-Torn Afghanistan

2/5/2019

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That Sheep May Safely Graze is written by David Sherman, former Editor-in-Chief of Small Ruminant Research, 2001-2005.

Veterinarian and global goat health expert David Sherman shares his big-picture view of the development challenges in Afghanistan based on his years of living there. He illustrates the importance of animal health, often overlooked by development experts, so readers can appreciate how healthy sheep and goats provide livelihoods for rural people, food for hungry cities, and wool for beautiful carpets. The book contains numerous short and charming vignettes that vary from quiet delight in small farm life to portraits of fascinating individuals to frustration with ever-changing political agendas. Most importantly, David invites readers to see the dignity and humanity in his Afghan colleagues and ordinary villagers. Western development aid has resulted in too few successes, but this highly readable account of Afghanistan’s veterinary field unit project is a “how-to” of effective assistance that improves the lives of animals and the people who depend on them.

Beth A. Miller
President, International Goat Association

This book will be released on March 15, 2019, but it is available to pre-order from Amazon in paperback or Kindle editions.

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Book Announcement – The World of Sheep and Goats

8/9/2018

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A global view of small ruminant production gives a fascinating and truly global insight into the daily lives of vets, livestock keepers and the sheep and goats in their care. Featuring over 400 images and accompanying texts from over 50 countries, this collection was first displayed at the 9th International Sheep Veterinary Congress in Harrogate in 2017.

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The 2nd Announcement – 4th International Asian - Australasian Conference Dairy Goat (AADGC 2018)

5/2/2018

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Dear researchers, colleagues, and stakeholders in animal production- veterinary medicine, agriculture, environment, and economic.

The conference theme is Strengthening Development of Dairy Goat Production Adapting to Climate Change. This conference will be a forum for collaboration between scientists, managers, educators, national and international experts and enterprises to share experiences, research results, management, husbandry, veterinary and business for promoting the development of dairy goats for milk and meat and climate change adaptation in Vietnam and the world.

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Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I

2/6/2018

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Welfare, Health and Breeding
Editors: Simões, João, Gutiérrez, Carlos

About this book
This book explores the current trends and challenges of sustainable goat meat and milk production in different global contexts, providing valuable insights into this industry in adverse environments like mountain, semiarid and arid regions. It also includes contributions from international experts discussing goat reproduction, genetic diversity and improvement, as well topics such as animal health, welfare, socioeconomic aspects, and many other issues regarding the environmentally friendly and economically viable exploitation of goats.

This is a highly informative book providing scientific insight for readers with an interest in sustainable agriculture and socio-economic aspects, as well as goat breed conservation, genetic diversity, and veterinary care. These subjects are complemented in a second volume providing a detailed description of more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes found in Asia, Africa, Europe, and America.

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Global Cheesemaking Technology: Cheese Quality and Characteristics

2/3/2018

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Description
Global Cheesemaking Technology: Cheese Quality and Characteristics reviews cheesemaking practices, and describes cheeses and the processes from which they are manufactured. In addition, the book examines new areas to stimulate further research in addition to the already established knowledge on the scientific principles on cheesemaking.

Part I provides an account on the history of cheese, factors influencing the physicochemical properties, flavour development and sensory characteristics, microbial ecology and cheese safety, traceability and authentication of cheeses with protected labels, and traditional wooden equipment used for cheesemaking, while an overview of the cheesemaking process is also presented.

Part II describes 100 global cheeses from 17 countries, divided into 13 categories. The cheeses described are well-known types produced in large quantities worldwide, together with some important locally produced, in order to stimulate scientific interest in these cheese varieties. Each category is presented in a separate chapter with relevant research on each cheese and extensive referencing to facilitate further reading.

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Announcement – 3rd edition of the Indigenous Goat Production Handbook

Book Announcement – Goat Science

Announcement: Two New Country Representatives and a New Regional Director

IGA joins the SMARTER Stakeholder Committee

Latvian Goat Society's new website

Book Announcement – That Sheep May Safely Graze: Rebuilding Animal Health Care in War-Torn Afghanistan

Book Announcement – The World of Sheep and Goats

The 2nd Announcement – 4th International Asian - Australasian Conference Dairy Goat (AADGC 2018)

Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I

Global Cheesemaking Technology: Cheese Quality and Characteristics

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