Fact sheet: Dairy goats - a practical handbook
A comprehensive guide to managing dairy goats from breeding stock selection and herd-building to animal health and housing is now available in both hard copy...
Dairy Sheep Manual
78 pages
Published: 30 Jan 2008
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Dairy Sheep Manual
A national approach to improving the capacity of the goat industry
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