Terry A Gipson

TL;DR: Deposition of relatively less subcutaneous fat by goats than sheep adversely affects storage properties of meat, most importantly dehydration and cold-shortening and the magnitude of effect of castration on carcass fatness varies considerably with plane of nutrition.

TL;DR: These methods create the opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of factors influencing the feeding behavior of goats and the relationships with levels and efficiencies of production.

TL;DR: Assessment of effects of stocking rate (SR) on grazing behavior and energy expenditure (EE) by growing sheep and goat wethers co-grazing grass/forb pastures found grazing time during daylight was similar between species, although idle time was greater for sheep and goats, and the number of steps increased linearly as SR increased.

TL;DR: Effects of SR on performance and forage selectivity of growing sheep and goat wethers co-grazing grass/forb pastures suggests that decreasing forage availability with increasing SR may not have been primarily or solely responsible for the effect on ADG by limiting DM intake.

TL;DR: Dose-response comparisons suggest that the degree of reduction in milk fat synthesis is less in dairy goats compared with dairy cows and dairy sheep.