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| Start out the New Year and shop for your new herd replacements with our annual "Sales List" special issue. Full
page ads from herds across the country are a big part of this month's issue. When you're done shopping you will be able to read
about: Dealing with milk fever - the treatment (second in a two-part series); How the goat's digestive tract works; Antibiotics:
Abuse them and lose them; Antibiotic basics: Know what's prohibited; Dip navels on newborn kids - options to consider; Behavior
patterns in goats; The forgotten organ; Making yogurt at home; Regular soap is as effective as antibacterials; Dairy farmers
take lead in animal welfare; Animal "shares" ruled illegal in Maryland; Custom goat feed formula; Coming Events; New
champions and animals appraised Excellent.
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| February
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 SG Willow Lane Avery 8*M is one of 62 Willow Lane animals to receive ADGA Super Genetics designations. Read about the
Willow Lane herd in this month's Saanen feature issue!
In this issue: Ventilation and water critical in cold weather; dealing with ketosis; NSBA one-day test awards; NSBA production
awards; NSBA linear appraisal recognition; Visiting with Gayle and Jim Tanner of Bonnie Blue Farm; Oral antiparasitic developed in
Australia for goats; Kid management; CAE prevention guidelines; Is she ready to kid, or isn't she - detecting parturition; Brooks
joins Humane Farm Animal Care program; Handling vaccines; Pennsylvania DGA names 2007 premier exhibitors; Coming events; extensive
breeders listings and advertising.
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 Toggenburgs are featured in the March issue of United Caprine News. The Toggenburg breed is considered
one of the oldest of all purebred livestock and it is a pacesetter in the dairy goat world - the first Advanced Registry doe was a
Toggenburg, the first doe to classify (appraise) Excellent was a Toggenburg, and a Toggenburg holds the all-time production record.
(Photo from M-Star Dairy Goats.)
Also in this issue: Goat breeders use auction site to help others; Back to basics: feeding and housing; Floppy Kid
Syndrome; Paska recipe (Russian Easter cheese); How to judge hay quality visually; Hay storage tips; Langston University to
host Goat Field Day; BioTracking offers CAE test; ADGA AI collection information assistance; Cryptosporidiosis and kid care;
All-American Toggenburg selections; 2008 Togg Specialty Shows; Greenglade dairy gets Nebraska farm grant; FAQ's about
ADGA and NAIS; Bacterial pneumonia in goats; Beginner's goat husbandry
and cheesemaking seminar short course; ADGA judges training conference to be held;
Events calendar; Grain overload; USDA Elite Toggenburg sires; Deborah Rogers named to federal advisory board;
Cheesemaking seminar in Ohio; and our usual columns and features.
Coming in April - America's most popular breed gets the spotlight in our annual Nubian feature. Deadline for
material is March 5.
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| April
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 Jacobs Pride Nubians of Arizona features some of its winners, past and present, in our annual Nubian
feature issue. Read about the herd's history and direction for the future in the April edition of United Caprine News.
Also in this issue: Scrapie resurfaces in Michigan; Discussion on Scrapie in goats; What to do if you have high
SCC milk; Your barn is on Fire!; Forage type and maturity affects milk production and animal performance; Troubleshooting films
and deposits on milking equipment; Tribute to Mary Ann Kilzer and Mary Morrow; It's showtime. Tips on getting ready; 2007
All-American Nubian photos; Making your own Lam-Bar type feeder; How clean is your colostrum?; An ode to a special doe - Poverty
Knob Nettie Rose; Nutritional management for top production and efficiency; Pillow cases as show covers for goats; Emergency
"colostrum" recipe; Causes of Epiphysitis (bent legs) in goats; Hay-saving keyhole feeder plans; Coming events calendar; bits and
pieces from around the goat world.
APRIL ADVERTISING SPECIALS FOR THE MAY ISSUE: 5-inch show promo ads just $35! 3-inch
director primary ads just $25! Deadline: April 5.
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| May
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 GCH Chateau Briant's Juni FS91 (VEEE) is a fifth generation of GCH/Excellent does bred by Bob and Phil Cassette of
SACO,
Maine. Read about the herd's success in our annual Alpine feature this month.
In this issue: Feeding kids by the free-choice cold milk method; free-choice kid feeder plans; Increasing milk production with
electrolyzed water; Is that recently fresh doe sick or not?; Cypress Grove Chevre is latest success story from NLPA Sheep & Goat
Fund; Goat survey on perennial legume that controls "barber pole worms"; Nodaway French Alpines - success with the philosophical
method; Munchin Hill Alpines feature; Chateau Briant - generations of excellence; Think fly control; Raw milk demand on the
upswing; Alpine All-American selections; Keep kid feeding equipment clean; Coping with sore mouth; Clean-up after kidding is
important; 2008 ADGA Convention heads to the Napa Valley; Planning a "goat garden"; Ketosis can
kill; Use extension cords wisely; Removing iodine stains; coming events, breeders listings; and more.
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June
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The JUNE issue includes the annual LAMANCHA FEATURE. Be sure to check out all the LaMancha ads and
updates. Included in this month's issue: Farm tours as a way to promote Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June
15-22); the basics on feeding, managing and housing dairy goats; ADGA National Show (July 12 -19) updates;
coming events calendar; making "hot weather" cheeses; All-American LaMancha selections; LaMancha club
production award winners; prevention is the key to success; keeping barns cool in summer; trailering
considerations for summer shows; helpful hints on fly control; livestock stress test; goat management tip -
caseous lymphadenitis; biologic risk CD available; breeders listings; helpful hints; more!
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July
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 Gianaclis Caldwell milks
exclusively Nigerian Dwarves on her commercial dairy in Oregon. Read about her
thoughts on getting started in the dairying business and her advice for those contemplating such a venture. She
will be a featured speaker at this year's ADGA Convention in October and is also working on a book about starting
into the goat dairying business.
Also in this issue: Our annual Oberhasli feature with advertising from top Oberhasli herds in the United States.
Meadowlark Testing Association awards; Cost saving idea - using trees and shrubs as fodder for goats; Oberhasli
All-American selections; 2008 Sheep and Goat Grants available; Homemade blood stopper recipe; goat meat
marinade for summertime BBQ; Oberhasli production award winners; Happy goats need happy feet; Number of
kids affects milk production of the dam; folding milk stand plans; Footscald, footrot and foot abscesses in goats;
coming events; breeders listings.
The
July issue was mailed on June 20, 2008.
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August
2008 Issue:
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Coming in August: Annual Buck and Breeding feature (deadline July 5)
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September
2008 Issue
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The 2008 ADGA Spotlight Sale catalog will be included in this issue. Watch for complete pedigrees
and information on the 2008 Spotlight Sale consignments - Alpines: Redwood Hills Lance Justice (AA buck); Mt.
Zion Khartoum Aramis (AA buck); Cream Of Kansas Free Kisses (A doe); Sweet Dreams S Yerba Buena (AA
doe). LaManchas: Barnowl Quantum Magic (AL buck); Cream of Kansas KPV Sierra Mist (L doe); Barnowl
Alakazam (AL doe); Tempo Karen (L doe). Nigerian: Pholia Farm OD Lizzie (ND doe). Nubians: Thunder Ridge C
My Vision (N buck); Lakeshore SH Bring On The Rain (N buck); J&R Spirit's HT Kaliente (N doe). Oberhasli:
California Varekai Kiwi (OB doe); PH Oberjoyed PH Dancin With Stars (OB doe). Saanens: Old English Stand
Pat (AS doe); Tres Amigos Ticket To Ride (AS buck); Old English Kojack (AS
buck); Cherry Pines Stand By Me
(AS doe). Toggenburgs: Rowe's Falcon Rendezvous (AT buck); Sunshine Burta Baroque (T buck); Moss Ridge
Starbuck Jenga (T doe); Welbian Farms Made In New York (T doe).
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