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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
Goat Vital Signs - Rectal temperature is in the range 101.5 to 103.5 degrees F
- Pulse rate is in the range 70 -80 beats per minute
- Respiration Adult Goats- 10-30 per minute
- Respiration Kid Goats 20-40 per minute
- Rumen Movement 1 – 1.5 per minute
- Estrus (length of heat cycle) 12 to 36 hours
- Heat Cycles 20 to 23 days
- Breeding Season July to February
- Gestation period is in the range 145 to 160 days ( typically 150)
- Puberty (depends heavily on breed) but can be as early as just 2 months for pygmy bucks, later for other breeds. 2 mos to 18mos (depending on breed)
- Rumen development for kids - fully developed rumen functions at 1 yr of age.
- Lifespan Bucks – The average is around 8 years but up to 12 years
- Lifespan Does – The average is around 11-12 years and up to 20 years
- Growth from Birth to Maturity is 2 years
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Dairy Goat Weigh Chart This table show the weights of standard dairy goats by measuring with a weigh tape or regular measuring tape..(If you don't have a measuring tape..take a length of baling twine measure the goat and take the twine in the house and use a ruler, yardstick or carpenter's tape) Measure goat around the heart girth and hold tape fairly snug. Following measurements taken from the dairy goat weigh tape I purchased from Caprine Supply years ago.. has worked well for me for my dairy goats.. For my Angoras I use the tape and take an inch off to accomodate the fleece. I don't believe this would give you an accurate weight for meat goats. Inches | Pounds | Inches | Pounds | Inches | Pounds | 10 | 4 | 21 | 34 | 32 | 100 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 38 | 33 | 106 | 12 | 6.5 | 23 | 43.5 | 34 | 118 | 13 | 7.5 | 24 | 50 | 35 | 128 | 14 | 9.5 | 25 | 56 | 36 | 138 | 15 | 11.5 | 26 | 62 | 37 | 148 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 68 | 38 | 158 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 74 | 39 | 168 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 80 | 40 | 178 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 86 | 41 | 188 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 92 | 42 | 200 | Goat Fetal Development Chart
- 20 days~(3 weeks) Apparent Heart Beat
- 21-35days~(3-5weeks)The lung bud branching and forming into the two principal bronchi
- 28-35 days~(4-5 weeks) Limb buds apparent
- 35-42 days~ (5-6 weeks) Differentiation of mouth,digits and dew claws
- 42-49 days~( 6-7 weeks)Nostrils and Eyes apparent; Mammary buds in females; empty scrotal sac in males;Jugular vein barely visible through the pink skin
- 42-84 days~(6-12wks)The bronchial divisions were differentiated and their air conducting system became established,lined with seudostratified and/or single-walled columnar epithelium
- 49-56 days~(7-8 weeks)Eyelids Close; Ear Canal Opens; Membranous soft center in the top of the head
- 56-63 days~ (8-9 weeks) Jugular vein, facial vein and scrotal vessels all visible; Nostrils open
- 70-77 days~(10-11 weeks) Hairs appear on eyelids
- 77-84 days~(11-12 weeks) Horn Pits Appear;Ear vein prominent; Hairs on eyelids and muzzle
- 84-91 days~(12-13weeks) Hairs on forehead;Pigmentation around horn pits; Testes palpable in scrotum
- 91-98 days~ (13-14 weeks) Skin whitish and thicker;Jugular, facial and scrotal veins no longer visible;Ear vein visible;Hairs along top of the neck;Top of the head has hardened-Also Lung Development-The respiratory bronchioles developed quickly,the primitive alveoli had developed,the respiratory bronchioles and primitive alveoli were lined by cuboid cells
- 98-105 days~(14-15 weeks)Tooth Eruption;Hair around eyes and muzzle; Hairs on chest;Eyelids separated;Temporary teeth buds just appear
- 105-112 days~(15-16 weeks)Body sparsely covered with hair, except limbs Also-Lung development-The respiratory divisions developed dramatically,the lung assumed a more “aerated” appearance.
- 112-119 days~(16-17 weeks)Dense hairs cover body and limbs;Teeth buds prominent
- 119 days~(17 weeks)1-3 Incisors barely erupted in females at birth; Incisors at gum line in males at birth
- 119-154 days~(17-22 weeks)The alveoli developed and differentiated into flattened(type Ⅰ cell)and cuboid (type Ⅱ cell)epithelial cells of the lung development-here the baby can breath on it's own.
- Length of Fetus at 30 days is 1.4 cm
- Length of Fetus at 145 days is 43.0 cm
- Normal Live Birth- 145 to 155 days~(147 days is 21 weeks or approx. 5 months)
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