How to condition score your goat herd
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2024
- Condition scoring is the assessment of fat and muscle in the space around the loin and short ribs of an animal and is a valuable tool for improving your farm’s efficiency.
There's a sweet spot in a goat’s condition score - an animal that's too lean or too fat is less likely to rear as many kids as one in ideal condition.
In this video, Dr Gorden Refshauge from the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development unpacks the importance of condition scoring for goat producers:
● characteristics of the five condition scores
● when and how to condition score an animal
● management decisions you can make based on condition scoring
● how many animals you need to score.
This video was developed as part of Local Land Services’ Going Ahead with Goats Project. Find out more at: www.lls.nsw.gov.au/going-ahead-with-goats