This article discusses the key welfare issues for small ruminants, namely sheep and goats,
and gives practical management advice, including identification, prevention and treatment …

Limited scientific literature is available for develo** 'best practice'guidelines for the
management of dairy goats (Capra hircus), particularly goat kids. Disbudding practices for …

Maternal deprivation early in life has been shown to disrupt neonates' development.
Nevertheless, separating the young animals from their dams soon after birth remains a …

Dairy goat kids are commonly disbudded in the United States without pain relief. Our
objective was to identify an efficient pain management strategy by monitoring changes in …

Simple Summary In livestock animals, such as goats, many routine management procedures
in production systems, eg, castration and dehorning, are painful, and most are performed …

The aim of this research was to evaluate the physiological and behavioural parameters in
Saanen goat kids treated with flunixin meglumine compared with no analgesic treatment …

Simple Summary Cautery disbudding is commonly carried out on goat kids less than a week
of age to prevent horn growth; however, due to differences in management across farms …

Small ruminants, principally sheep and goats, are farmed across the globe for meat, milk,
and fibre, often in some of the harshest climates used for livestock rearing. This chapter …

Three options for anesthetizing the skin around the horn bud of dairy goat kids were
explored. Forty-five< 10-day-old Saanen goat kids from were randomly split into five …

Simple Summary Disbudding is a routine husbandry procedure performed in goat kids in
their first few weeks of life. Behavioural and physiological changes following the procedure …