Books
There are so many so many terrific books about goats and goat products. We wanted to share a list of some of our favorites.
Atlas of Goat Products
Editors Roberto Rubino, Pierre Morand-Fehr, and Lucia Sepe
It contains information on traditional and new goat products from 28 countries, all five continents, for a total of 210 forms.
An English language book of 384 pages presents 210 products of 28 countries in the world. It is published under the aegis of International Goat Association and Caseus. The work was coordinated by Roberto Rubino, and is available at the website www.caseus.it.
More than 140 cheeses are described, besides meat (carcass or processed), milk and by-products, fibre and skin, sweeties, recipes, medication and tools, such as music instruments and knife.
The forms are ordered by continent. Each product is described in an individual form, which comprises a photo of the product, a location map, and the following information: origin, type of product, area of production, techniques and processing, trading, using and estimate of production.
Download a PDF copy here.
Editors Roberto Rubino, Pierre Morand-Fehr, and Lucia Sepe
It contains information on traditional and new goat products from 28 countries, all five continents, for a total of 210 forms.
An English language book of 384 pages presents 210 products of 28 countries in the world. It is published under the aegis of International Goat Association and Caseus. The work was coordinated by Roberto Rubino, and is available at the website www.caseus.it.
More than 140 cheeses are described, besides meat (carcass or processed), milk and by-products, fibre and skin, sweeties, recipes, medication and tools, such as music instruments and knife.
The forms are ordered by continent. Each product is described in an individual form, which comprises a photo of the product, a location map, and the following information: origin, type of product, area of production, techniques and processing, trading, using and estimate of production.
Download a PDF copy here.
Best management practices for dairy goat farmers
Compiled and written by Clara Hedrich, with assistance from Dr. Chris Duemler, DVM, and Dan Considine
The main purpose of this “Best Practices Guide” is to provide some insight into the dairy goat industry.
To read or download the guide click here.
Compiled and written by Clara Hedrich, with assistance from Dr. Chris Duemler, DVM, and Dan Considine
The main purpose of this “Best Practices Guide” is to provide some insight into the dairy goat industry.
- This guide contains basic knowledge to help those who are considering a dairy goat operation make a sound decision as to whether or not this would be a viable business for them. Success in the industry is not guaranteed.
- A goat dairy farmer in this “Best Practices Guide” is defined as a farm milking at least 50 does and selling their milk to a milk plant. There are a few exceptions but most plants require a farm to be milking at least 50 does before they will consider picking up their milk due to the cost of transportation. A farmstead dairy is one in which the farm processes their own milk and sells their own product.
To read or download the guide click here.
The Dairy Goat Handbook: For Backyard, Homestead, and Small Farm
The Dairy Goat Handbook is a guidebook for those who would like to raise dairy goats - or dream of raising dairy goats and want to know how to begin and maintain a successful herd.
The Dairy Goat Handbook is a guidebook for those who would like to raise dairy goats - or dream of raising dairy goats and want to know how to begin and maintain a successful herd.
Dairy Goat Manual (Australia)
This revised edition of the “Dairy Goat Manual” was compiled as a guide to current recommended dairy goat farm management practices based on observations and information gained during the course of the RIRDC project “Farming and Marketing Goat and Sheep Milk Products”.
This revised edition of the “Dairy Goat Manual” was compiled as a guide to current recommended dairy goat farm management practices based on observations and information gained during the course of the RIRDC project “Farming and Marketing Goat and Sheep Milk Products”.
Dairy Goat Production Handbook
The First Edition of the Dairy Goat Production Handbook from Langston University has been published and is now available. The breadth and depth of topics and information included in this book will serve all dairy goat producers from those persons who raise and milk only a few does in their backyard to producers operating a large commercial dairy. Upon perusing the book, the reader will see that experts in all areas of production were invited to author chapters. Excellent pictures and charts accompany the narrative of each chapter. Production of safe, wholesome dairy goat milk and milk products is the aim of all dairy goat producers. The editors and authors hope that this handbook serves to assist in fulfilling that aim.
Download an order form here.
The First Edition of the Dairy Goat Production Handbook from Langston University has been published and is now available. The breadth and depth of topics and information included in this book will serve all dairy goat producers from those persons who raise and milk only a few does in their backyard to producers operating a large commercial dairy. Upon perusing the book, the reader will see that experts in all areas of production were invited to author chapters. Excellent pictures and charts accompany the narrative of each chapter. Production of safe, wholesome dairy goat milk and milk products is the aim of all dairy goat producers. The editors and authors hope that this handbook serves to assist in fulfilling that aim.
Download an order form here.
Goat Health Handbook
Manual de Salud Caprina, Spanish edition (PDF) -- Winrock International
Les Maladies des Caprins, French edition, (PDF) -- Winrock International
Manual de Salud Caprina, Spanish edition (PDF) -- Winrock International
Les Maladies des Caprins, French edition, (PDF) -- Winrock International
The Field Guide to Goats
Kept as pets, raised for their milk, or fiber or prized for their beauty or rarity, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Whether you raise a favored few or a hundred head, The Field Guide to Goats is the ultimate resource on North American breeds.
Kept as pets, raised for their milk, or fiber or prized for their beauty or rarity, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Whether you raise a favored few or a hundred head, The Field Guide to Goats is the ultimate resource on North American breeds.
Goat Production Handbook (HPSA)
The aim of this book is to assist owners of indigenous goats with extensive farming systems. It looks at ways to improve the productivity of their flocks. It is designed to be shared with farmers in a way that allows them to understand how to find their way through the book and how to find the information that they need. It is best if the book is part of a capacity building programme being implemented by extension officers and field workers.
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The aim of this book is to assist owners of indigenous goats with extensive farming systems. It looks at ways to improve the productivity of their flocks. It is designed to be shared with farmers in a way that allows them to understand how to find their way through the book and how to find the information that they need. It is best if the book is part of a capacity building programme being implemented by extension officers and field workers.
Download a PDF copy
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Goat Science
Edited by Sándor Kukovics, IGA Board member
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.
You can download each chapter at IntechOpen, https://www.intechopen.com/books/goat-science.
Edited by Sándor Kukovics, IGA Board member
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.
You can download each chapter at IntechOpen, https://www.intechopen.com/books/goat-science.
Goat Science & Production
Sandra G. Solaiman
Goat Science and Production is the first text in several decades to present comprehensive, state of the art information on goat science and production practices from an international perspective. Including information on meat, dairy, and fiber goats, chapters are organized logically to facilitate fundamental understanding of goat anatomy and physiology as well as practical production applications.
Sandra G. Solaiman
Goat Science and Production is the first text in several decades to present comprehensive, state of the art information on goat science and production practices from an international perspective. Including information on meat, dairy, and fiber goats, chapters are organized logically to facilitate fundamental understanding of goat anatomy and physiology as well as practical production applications.
A Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy (PDF)
Carol Delaney
Turning a passion into a viable business is a line-in-the-sand decision, and a new book by Northeast SARE Farmer Grant Specialist Carol Delaney, A Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy, covers what farmers should consider when planning a goat dairy startup. It also fills a gap—there are many periodicals and books with information about cow dairying, and this adds some needed weight on the small ruminant side of the scale.
Carol Delaney
Turning a passion into a viable business is a line-in-the-sand decision, and a new book by Northeast SARE Farmer Grant Specialist Carol Delaney, A Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy, covers what farmers should consider when planning a goat dairy startup. It also fills a gap—there are many periodicals and books with information about cow dairying, and this adds some needed weight on the small ruminant side of the scale.
Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals
Young Park & George Haenlein
The globally renowned book, Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals, published by Blackwell Publishers, is available in a variety of languages, including: English, Mandarin and Spanish.
Young Park & George Haenlein
The globally renowned book, Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals, published by Blackwell Publishers, is available in a variety of languages, including: English, Mandarin and Spanish.
Holistic Goat Care: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Healthy Animals, Preventing Common Ailments, and Troubleshooting Problems
Goats have provided humankind with essential products for centuries; indeed, they bear the noble distinction of being the first domesticated farm animal. From providing milk and meat for sustenance and fiber and hides for clothing and shelter to carrying packs and clearing brush, there isn’t much that goats cannot do. Managing goats successfully requires an understanding of how nature designed them to thrive, including nutritional and psychological needs, as well as how to identify a problem and intercede before it’s too late.
Goats have provided humankind with essential products for centuries; indeed, they bear the noble distinction of being the first domesticated farm animal. From providing milk and meat for sustenance and fiber and hides for clothing and shelter to carrying packs and clearing brush, there isn’t much that goats cannot do. Managing goats successfully requires an understanding of how nature designed them to thrive, including nutritional and psychological needs, as well as how to identify a problem and intercede before it’s too late.
How To Raise Goats
As pets or livestock, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Easier and cheaper to keep than many larger animals, they will keep a pony company, pull a cart, and produce the perfect milk for many artisan cheeses or meat for some of the most up-and-coming ethnic cuisines.
As pets or livestock, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Easier and cheaper to keep than many larger animals, they will keep a pony company, pull a cart, and produce the perfect milk for many artisan cheeses or meat for some of the most up-and-coming ethnic cuisines.
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Indigenous Goat Production Handbook
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. DOWNLOAD HERE.
For more information on the project visit www.gapkzn.co.za.
Or contact Marisia Geraci, [email protected].
Special thanks to Marisia Geraci, IGA Country Representative for South Africa.
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. DOWNLOAD HERE.
For more information on the project visit www.gapkzn.co.za.
Or contact Marisia Geraci, [email protected].
Special thanks to Marisia Geraci, IGA Country Representative for South Africa.
Raising Goats for Milk and Meat (PDF)
Rosalee Sinn
Heifer International is pleased to present Raising Goats for Milk and Meat. This introductory handbook provides an experience-based training model on the basic care and management of dairy and meat goats. Also available in Spanish, Crianza de Cabra para leche y carne.
Rosalee Sinn
Heifer International is pleased to present Raising Goats for Milk and Meat. This introductory handbook provides an experience-based training model on the basic care and management of dairy and meat goats. Also available in Spanish, Crianza de Cabra para leche y carne.
Manual de producción caprinos y ovinos (PDF)
Prólogo
Esta interesante obra, constituye un verdadero manual para quienes se quieren adentrar en la producción de caprinos y ovinos y para quienes han iniciado esta noble y extraordinaria tarea y desean mejorar sus rebaños o profundizar en la investigación tecno-científica de la cría de estas especies menores.
Los caprinos y ovinos fueron considerados “especies marginales” por multiples razones: eran las comunidades pobres y/o nómadas quienes tenían pequeños rebaños; se consideraban especies depredadoras por su diversa ingesta vegetal; su carne no es muy abundante y su sabor poco apetecible; su producción láctea no competía con la bovina y un comentario muy particular, no era una especie que brindaba “status” a los productores ganaderos.
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Prólogo
Esta interesante obra, constituye un verdadero manual para quienes se quieren adentrar en la producción de caprinos y ovinos y para quienes han iniciado esta noble y extraordinaria tarea y desean mejorar sus rebaños o profundizar en la investigación tecno-científica de la cría de estas especies menores.
Los caprinos y ovinos fueron considerados “especies marginales” por multiples razones: eran las comunidades pobres y/o nómadas quienes tenían pequeños rebaños; se consideraban especies depredadoras por su diversa ingesta vegetal; su carne no es muy abundante y su sabor poco apetecible; su producción láctea no competía con la bovina y un comentario muy particular, no era una especie que brindaba “status” a los productores ganaderos.
Descargar el manual
Manual Técnico de Producción de Leche de Cabra (PDF)
Utilizando Buenas Prácticas Ganaderas
Autor: Clara Viviana Rúa Bustamante, Miembro de IGA
PRESENTACIÓN
La leche de cabra y derivados, se consideran una fuente de proteína animal de alta calidad nutricional, excelente alternativa para los programas de seguridad alimentaria y fuente de ingresos en sistemas de producción diversificados; es una especie que favorece la participación de mano de obra femenina; es una especie la cual, además de la leche, se puede realizer un buen aprovechamiento de productos y subproductos (piel, heces, visceras). La construcción del presente manual constituye un aporte para el desarrollo y mejoramiento de los sistemas de producción de leche de cabra en el departamento de Antioquia y en Colombia.
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Utilizando Buenas Prácticas Ganaderas
Autor: Clara Viviana Rúa Bustamante, Miembro de IGA
PRESENTACIÓN
La leche de cabra y derivados, se consideran una fuente de proteína animal de alta calidad nutricional, excelente alternativa para los programas de seguridad alimentaria y fuente de ingresos en sistemas de producción diversificados; es una especie que favorece la participación de mano de obra femenina; es una especie la cual, además de la leche, se puede realizer un buen aprovechamiento de productos y subproductos (piel, heces, visceras). La construcción del presente manual constituye un aporte para el desarrollo y mejoramiento de los sistemas de producción de leche de cabra en el departamento de Antioquia y en Colombia.
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The Meat Goat Handbook: Raising Goats for Food, Profit, and Fun
Whatever your reasons for wanting to raise meat goats might be, if you’re curious about, thinking about, or planning to start a meat goat enterprise, you probably have lots of questions: What kind of goats should you choose? How do you buy them and care for them? How do they reproduce? How do you sell them? The Meat Goat Handbook has the answers to those questions and more.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to raise meat goats might be, if you’re curious about, thinking about, or planning to start a meat goat enterprise, you probably have lots of questions: What kind of goats should you choose? How do you buy them and care for them? How do they reproduce? How do you sell them? The Meat Goat Handbook has the answers to those questions and more.
Meat Goat Production Handbook
Langston University
The second edition of the Meat Goat Production Handbook contains all the chapters found in the 2007 edition, updated and expanded with current information, along with many other chapters. Many extension specialists, veterinarians, scientists, producers, and agriculture and industry professionals contributed to this book. The narrative of each chapter is accompanied by excellent pictures and charts.
The ultimate goal of this handbook is to assist meat goat producers in producing safe, wholesome products for the public.
See the Table of Contents & download an order form here -- PDF
Langston University
The second edition of the Meat Goat Production Handbook contains all the chapters found in the 2007 edition, updated and expanded with current information, along with many other chapters. Many extension specialists, veterinarians, scientists, producers, and agriculture and industry professionals contributed to this book. The narrative of each chapter is accompanied by excellent pictures and charts.
The ultimate goal of this handbook is to assist meat goat producers in producing safe, wholesome products for the public.
See the Table of Contents & download an order form here -- PDF
Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition
Young Park & George Haenlein
Milk is nature’s most complete food, and dairy products are considered to be the most nutritious foods of all. Several books have been published on the subject of milk and dairy products; however, these books contain only partial or limited coverage on the subject and usually focus primarily on cow milk and human milk.
Young Park & George Haenlein
Milk is nature’s most complete food, and dairy products are considered to be the most nutritious foods of all. Several books have been published on the subject of milk and dairy products; however, these books contain only partial or limited coverage on the subject and usually focus primarily on cow milk and human milk.
Descargar Libro – Ovejas, cabras y camélidos en Latinoamérica: producción, salud y comercialización
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Sheep, goats and camelids in Latin America: production, health and marketing
Descargar Libro – Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales, Número especial, Año 2018
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Journal of Agricultural Research and Innovation and Natural Resources, Special issue, 2018
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Sheep, goats and camelids in Latin America: production, health and marketing
Descargar Libro – Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales, Número especial, Año 2018
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Journal of Agricultural Research and Innovation and Natural Resources, Special issue, 2018
Scaling-Up Successful Practices
Scaling-Up Successful Practices on Sustainable Pro-Poor Small Ruminant Development was implemented by experts from the International Goat Association between 2011 and 2013. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested IGA undertake this study to sensitize policy- and decision-makers about the impact of small ruminants in development, using rigorous case studies and economic analysis.
You can download the PDFs here, as a single large document or in five smaller parts for easier downloading. The last two documents (The Goat Value Chain Toolkit and Scaling Up Goat Based Interventions to Benefit the Poor) were written for this project, but were intended to be used in the field, for research, and to explain the importance of goat investments to decision-makers.
You can download the PDFs here, as a single large document or in five smaller parts for easier downloading. The last two documents (The Goat Value Chain Toolkit and Scaling Up Goat Based Interventions to Benefit the Poor) were written for this project, but were intended to be used in the field, for research, and to explain the importance of goat investments to decision-makers.
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-FULL (IGA)
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-01 (IGA) - Pages 1-37, Introduction - Objective and Methodology
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-02 (IGA) - Pages 38-228, Knowledge Harvesting Reports
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-03 (IGA) - Pages 229-333, Scaling-Up Goat Based Interventions to Benefit the Poor - Business Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-04 (IGA) - Pages 334-384, Key Issues and Lessons from Experiences - Outlined Basic Questionnaire
- Scaling-Up Successful Practices-05 (IGA) - Pages 385-436, The Goat Value Chain Toolkit (Heifer International)
- Scaling Up Goat Based Interventions to Benefit the Poor – A brief report summarizing the evidence that goat based development projects are a sound investment for governments, donors and social entrepreneurs. It is also part of the full report and #03).
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