4-H Goat Project Resources

Books About Goats (available through bookstores)

Belanger, Jerry. Raising Goats the Modern Way. Storey Books, Williamstown, MA. 1990

Damerow, Gail. Your Goats: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing, Storey Books, Williamstown, MA. 1993

Dunn, Peter. The Goatkeeper's Veterinary Book, Farming Press Books, Ipswich, England. 1990

Jaudas, Ulrich and Uriends, Mathew M. The New Goat Handbook: Housing, Care, Feeding, Sickness and Breeding with a Special Chapter on Using Milk, Meat and Hair, Barrons Educational Series, Hauppaugle, NY. 1989

Luttmann, Gail. Raising Milk Goats Successfully, Williamson Publishing, Charlotte, VT. 1986

MacKenzie, David. Goat Husbandry. Faber & Faber, Boston, MA. 1996

Internet Resources

The Internet through the World Wide Web offers the opportunity to gather up to date information about many subjects related to goats. The World Wide Web may be available through your school, local library, or the county office of the WVU Extension Service. Listed below are some suggested Web sites:

American Dairy Goat Association - ( http://www.adga.org )

Information on registering purebred goats, directions for tatooing, a list of publications for purchase, and other ADGA news and events.

Internet Goat Resources - ( http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/ )

Many links to goat resources including universities, magazines, and information on goat milk products.

Livestock Virtual Library - ( http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library )

Endless source for information about all types of livestock.

National Goat Handbook - ( http://outlands.tripod.com/farm/national goat handbook.pdf )

A complete text on many dairy goat management topics.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Goat Information Links -
( http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Agriculture/goatlinks.html )

Links and information on many subjects related to goats including meat goats, breeds, nutrition, and reproduction.

Special thanks to Christine Rapp, Dairy Record Management Services (DRMS), for her help in locating valuable goat Web sites.