Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1: Will breeding meat goats pay?
• 2: Fencing and yards
• 3: Choosing your breeding stock
• 4: Breeding season
• 5: Kidding management
• 6: Tagging, marking, vaccinating, weaning and foot-trimming
• 7: Nutrition
• 8: Drought feeding and strategies
• 9: Health
• 10: Parasites
• 11: Poisoning
• 12: Marketing
• Appendix: Resources for producers
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Barbara Vincent has worked in a number of federal government departments and has been a livestock consultant for more than 25 years. She has been closely involved in cross-breeding of Boer and feral goats for meat production since the first imports of Boer goats into Australia. Barbara is currently the animal production manager for Claravale Park Boer Goat Stud.