{"product_id":"2940183104288","title":"Mastering Goat Husbandry for Health and Maximum Productivity: Build a healthier herd, prevent expensive mistakes, and manage goats with confidence","description":"\u003cp\u003e# Mastering Goat Husbandry for Health and Maximum Productivity\u003cbr\u003e## Build a healthier herd, prevent expensive mistakes, and manage goats with confidence\u003cbr\u003eGoats are intelligent, productive, resilient animals—but they are not effortless livestock. A weak fence, a missed parasite warning, an imbalanced ration, or a poorly timed intervention can turn a promising herd into a costly lesson.\u003cbr\u003e**Mastering Goat Husbandry for Health and Maximum Productivity** gives new and developing goat keepers a practical framework for making better decisions from the first day of planning through the full annual management cycle.\u003cbr\u003eRather than treating goat care as a collection of disconnected chores, this book shows how the major systems fit together: breed selection, facilities, biosecurity, parasite control, hoof health, nutrition, milking, kidding, breeding, metabolic risk, farm economics, and recordkeeping. The result is a clearer way to understand what your herd needs, why it needs it, and what to watch before small problems become emergencies.\u003cbr\u003eInside, you will learn how to:\u003cbr\u003e- Choose breeds that match your land, climate, market, and production goals\u003cbr\u003e- Design fencing, shelter, and handling areas around actual caprine behavior\u003cbr\u003e- Strengthen herd health through biosecurity, vaccination planning, observation, and records\u003cbr\u003e- Use targeted parasite-control practices instead of relying on automatic deworming schedules\u003cbr\u003e- Understand FAMACHA scoring, fecal egg counts, refugia, and pasture management\u003cbr\u003e- Recognize common hoof problems and perform more precise routine trimming\u003cbr\u003e- Support dairy does through nutrition, lactation, milking, breeding, and kidding\u003cbr\u003e- Identify warning signs associated with pregnancy toxemia, hypocalcemia, enterotoxemia, and urinary calculi\u003cbr\u003e- Reduce feed waste, predator losses, preventable infrastructure failures, and other beginner mistakes\u003cbr\u003e- Build an annual farm calendar and practical standard operating procedures\u003cbr\u003eThe book also includes field-oriented exercises, decision frameworks, sample routines, quick-reference material, and an appendix designed for use beyond the reading chair.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are preparing for your first goats, rebuilding an inconsistent management system, or trying to make a small herd healthier and more productive, this guide will help you replace guesswork with deliberate husbandry.\u003cbr\u003e**Build the farm around the goat. Read the herd before reacting. Manage for health before chasing production.**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Authors Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48533808185585,"sku":"2940183104288","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940183104288_p0.jpg?v=1786329123","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940183104288","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}