For prospective new goat owner here is a list of excellent resources!

For prospective new pig owners here is a list of excellent resources!

• Vancouver Island Goat Association 
• ​​Codes of Practice for the care and handling of Goats​
• Keeping Sheep and Goats Healthy - 
• ​Goat - Health Management and Biosecurity
• ​Best Management to Control Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants Series
•  Online famacha© certification  (this is free!) 
• ​Abbotsford Ag Lab for Disease Testing (CAE Johnes etc)
• WADDL vet lab for disease testing (Small Ruminant Panel:  CAE, Johnes, CL) ​​

• ​​​​Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs​
• Small Lot Pork Producer Management and Production
• Small Lot Pork Producers (BC Pork links) 
• ​PigTrace Canada (this is required for all pig breeders/owners) 
• For Pig trace you need a premise ID number here is the link for BC site.

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Feeder Plans

Video of Feeder

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Supply Links:

Canadian Suppliers:
Farmers Depot (pigs, cattle goats sheep)
Premier Choix (Quebec) 
PharmBarn
Livestock Farmacy (goats, sheep, cattle pigs poultry)
Everything Goats and more with Backwood Goats
Kids and Ewe (goats and sheep)

​USA Suppliers:
Caprine Supply (broad range of goat supplies) 
Hoegger Supply (broad range of goat supplies)
Premier I Supplies ( broad range of supplies) 

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​Videos on Health

Goat Vet Talk  with Dr. Jessica Semper - Herd Health Exam why have one?!

Introduction to the Ministry of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Lab

BCGA Johnes: The disease and testing small ruminant

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Videos on MANAGEment

Water buckets for Kids and how we set up to keep them clean

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Three tips to help prevent urinary calculi in bucks

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Information Sheets

MILKING CHECK LIST
​Milking your does for milk of your house hold? Below is checklist for best practices of home milking to mitigate pathogen contamination. 

G6S  What you need to know!

MANGING GOATS IN THE COLD
​Four tips on how to mange goats when the weather gets cold!

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