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​Resources

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

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Video of Feeder



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) 

​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

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

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. 
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G6S  What you need to know!
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MANGING GOATS IN THE COLD
​Four tips on how to mange goats when the weather gets cold!

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HOW TO TAKE A HAIR Sample 
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