|
|
Goat Keeping Equipment |
Robert Spencer
|
Urban Regional Extension
Specialist
Alabama Cooperation Extension System |
Hoof trimmers
Elastrator or Budizzo
Tattoo Kit
Scrappie Tags & Applicator (get them from USDA
APHIS for free)**
Digital Thermometer
(optional equipment)
Clippers
Kid Box
Disbudding Iron
Stanley Sureform Plane |
** Scrappie is a spongiform encephalopathy
found in Sheep. It is not normally found in goats.
However the USDA has determined that since it is POSSIBLE,
however improbable, that goats can catch Scrappie
that they, too, will be monitored for Scrappie. |
This is a MANDATORY program where all sheep and
goats must be traceable back to their farm of origin.
If your goats are registered with a recognized goat
registry and carry the required tattoos of that
registry, they are not required to be tagged (except
in a few states, where tags are required no matter
what). Terminal goats are not required to be tagged
(goats going to slaughter). All other goats are
required to be tagged if they are transported anywhere.
In other words, if you sell an unregistered goat
to someone for breeding or pet stock, it must have
a tag. If you sell a registered goat to someone
for breeding or pet stock it must have a legible
tattoo.
|
See website for all information about the Scrappie
program:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
