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Animal behaviour and welfare: Goats Part 2

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GOAT BEHAVIOUR BASICS: PART 2 Feeding By Dr Clive Dalton Even with plenty of nutritious green pasture, milking goats relish roughage feed such as good quality silage Feeding Goats are browsers and like the coarser stalks and seed heads Goats love to browse brances of willows and poplars Goats will climb on anything – even … Read more

Grazing problems with cows’ teeth

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By Dr Clive Dalton Looking at a cow’s teeth When buying or selling sheep, farmers and stock agents always inspect the animals’ front teeth (incisors) to make sure they can eat pasture effectively.  It’s called ‘mouthing’ and standard practice is that sale ewes are ‘guaranteed in mouth and udder’ before the hammer falls. Why don’t we … Read more