RECENT GOAT RESEARCH

Introduction to Alabama Meat Goat Budgets (a link)

Meat Goat Breed Options for the Southeast (PDF)

Barber Pole Worm Infection in Goats (PDF)

Infectious Abortions in Goats (PDF)

Nutritional Management for Goats (PDF)

Doe-Kid Performance to Weaning Among Three Meat Goat Breeds (Year 2)

A study to assess doe and kid performance on Southern United States pastures.

R. Browning, Jr.*, B. Donnelly, T. Payton, P. Pandya, W. Hendrixson, M.

Tennessee State University, Nashville - Agricultural Research Institute.

Weight gain in meat goat does fed endophyte-infected and non-infected tall fescue.

A comparison study of food consumption and weight gain.

R. Browning, Jr.*, P. Pandya, T. Payton, B. Donnelly, W. Hendrixson, M. Byars.

Tennessee State University - Agricultural Research Institute.

Heterosis Levels in Meat Goat Kids Produced by a Three-Breed Diallel Mating Scheme
A study of levels of hybrid vigor generated by Boer, Kiko and Spanish crossbreeding.

*William C. Hendrixson, R. Browning Jr., P. Pandya, T. Payton, M. Byars. Faculty Advisor: Richard Browning Jr.,

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research.

Tennessee State University, Nashville

Fitness indicators among Boer, Kiko, and Spanish Does Managed in the Southeastern United States.

An analysis of health records of semi-intensively managed straight-bred does.

R. Browning, Jr.*, T. Payton, B. Donnelly, P. Pandya, M. L. Leite-Browning, W.
Hendrixson, S. Kebe, M. Byars.

Tennessee State University, Nashville
 

Growth rates of Boer and Kiko crossbred wethers fed endophyte-infected tall fescue or orchardgrass

A comparison study of food consumption and weight gain.

R. Browning, Jr.*, Y. G. Myles, M. Byars, S. H. Kebe, T. Payton, E. Lane, C. Johnson, D. A. Young, and D. Coleman,

Tennessee State University, Nashville.

Influence of maternal breed on meat goat carcass characteristics.

 Evaluations meat goat carcasses of kids from Spanish, Boer and Kiko does.
R. Browning, Jr., C. Chisley, O. Phelps, S.H. Kebe, B. Donnelly, M. Byars, and T. Payton
Tennessee State University, Nashville
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Baton Rouge, LA

Preliminary assessment of Boer and Kiko does as maternal lines
for kid performance under humid, subtropical conditions
 

A study to assess compare Boer and Kiko kid performance on Southern United States pastures.

R. Browning, Jr.#, S.H. Kebe and M. Byars
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research,
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
 

Meat Goat Breeds and Breeding Plans

A discussion of the various breeds currently used for meat goat production in the US..

Terry A. Gipson,

E. (Kika) de La Garza American  Institute for Goat Research,

Langston University, Langston OK

Sericea lespedeza hay as a natural deworming agent against gastrointestinal nematode infection in goats.

A possible alternative to chemical dewormers

S A Shaik, T H Terrill, J E Miller, B Kouakou, G Kannan, R M Kaplan, J M Burke, J A Mosjidis

Evaluation of three meat goat breeds for doe fitness and reproductive performance in the Southeastern United States