In Practice 12: 179-182 (1990)
© 1990 British Veterinary Association

Goats for milk Production

The facts that this article has been requested, that the majority of the references and texts listed below were published in the past three years, and that goats now feature in the curricula of the majority of veterinary schools in the UK, are evidence of the growing interest in goat production.

The apparent lack of progress in levels of production in the past half century suggests that there is ample scope for improvement and the fact that dairy goat enterprises are now attracting the attention of farmers as well as hobbyists augurs well for the future of the industry.

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Acknowledgements.—The author is indebted to his colleagues on the goat TCORN group for permission to draw freely on their as yet unpublished report. Particular thanks are due to Mrs Ruth Goodwin of the British Goat Society for providing information on the characteristics and production of the different breeds and to Mr S. V. Morant of the Milk Marketing Board of England and Wales for data on milk production and composition. Thanks to Lynda Small for the title picture and the Golden Guernsey photo.