TIPS TO BUY A HEALTHY GOAT: - look for the standing appearance of goat. She should stand properly on four legs and walk with no difficulty. Back legs should be of slightly slanting. - Above the nostril there are little little drops of water, the diseased goat has dry nostril. - Last 2 ribs can be easily seen from behind - Both the mammary glands should be of same size not uneven. Most of the farmers keep their goat unmilking for 1 day before selling them in market. Due to this the mammary glands gets enlarge in size, and the buyer gets easily fooled by seeing such huge mammary glands. So beware of it. - goat should move her tail and ears freely. - look for teeth’s and tongue and around mouth if she has some symptoms of mastitis. - look for skin, for itching or has any injury or dog bite. - place some fodder in front of goat and look whether she eats or not. A goat with high fever and influenza doesn’t eats that. - look for normal stool (pills, droplets).Loose faeces shows signs of Enterotoxaemia, diarrhoea. - ask some questions to seller when it’s vaccinated, how much kids it yield, previously how many times pregnant, how are the kids born, how many. The seller must have to answer all questions without any hesitations. This proves that the goat belongs to him and did not steal or bought from others ( Careful with Agents, don’t prefer to buy from agents, but directly from farmers)
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:53:57 +0000