General goat links

Along with sheep, goats (Capra hircus) are one of the earliest domesticated species. They are raised all over the world for meat, milk, hair, and skins. Increasingly, they are kept as pets and used to control unwanted vegetation. This page contains links to web sites that contain numerous articles or publications pertaining to goats. The links are arranged alphabetically according to subject category or source: dairy goats, fiber goats, meat goats, pack goats, and university sites.

All Things Goat
Australian Goat Notes
The Biology of the Goat
Cyber Goats
Goat articles by Sweetlix®
Goat Connection
GoatGal.com ... for everything goat!
The Goat Guy.com
Goat health and husbandry information from Fias Co Farm
Goat Kingdom
Goat-Link.com
Goats - NSW, Australia
The Goat Source
GoatTalk.com: the home for goat lovers
GoatWisdom
GoatWorld
Index of articles at Caprine Supply
Kinne's Mini's | articles
MLA Goat Producers (Australia)
Onion Creek Ranch | articles
SSRsi's Goat Farming Page
Useful goat information from Hoegger Goat Supply

Dairy goats

American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA)
Dairy Goat Cooperative (NZ)
Dairy Goat Journal
Dairy goats @ Purdue University
DairyGoats.com (under construction)
Dairy Goat Info of the Serious Kind (no longer updated)
Goat dairying information
Goat management articles by George Haenlein
Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association

Fiber goats

AngoraGoat.com
Capricorn Cashmere
Goat fiber information

Meat goats

Articles by Clear Creek Farms
Australian Boer Goats
Information page at Bar None Meat Goats
Boer and Meat Goat Information Center
Boer Goats Home
GoatMarket
Jack & Anita Maudlin's Boer goat web site
South African Boer Goats
Texas Goat

Pack goats

Edelweiss Acres
Northwest Pack Goats & Supplies

University sites

Animal Physiology Lab @ TSU (Dr. Richard Browning's page)
E (Kika) de la Garza Inst. for Goat Res. @ Langston University
FAMU Small Ruminant Program
Goat extension program @ University of Tennessee
Goat management @ Cornell University
Goat research & education @ University of Kentucky
Illini SheepNet & Meat GoatNet
Meat goat home study course at Penn State University
Meat goat information @ North Carolina State University
Meat goats @ SIPAC
Meat goat web site @ Oklahoma State University
National Goat Handbook @ University of Wisconsin
Alternative link for National Goat Handbook
Notes on goats by Sandra Solaiman (Tuskegee University)
Small ruminant publications by Alabama Coop. Extension
West Virginia Small Ruminant Project

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 07-Aug-2010 by Susan Schoenian.