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goats spend most of there day grazing on pasture if they have access. if not they will climb trees to eat the leafs. goats will sometimes eat out of a tree rather then going to pasture if they like the tree better.

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teat finding. standing up. temperature regulation

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the first thing they do is start to lick the baby to try and get them dry. next they try and help the kid find the teat so they can nurse. while doing this they lick the kids tail and butt so they get the smell of there kid so they know its theres.

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the goat is flagging and that means shes in hear

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in this photo you can see the goat doing the flehmen response to smell if any goat near by is in heat

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"Females are dominant over all other age-sex classes, except during the rut in the fall when males compete with each other. Mountain goats have a linear and stable hierarchy composed of females. "

https://www.uwsp.edu/wildlife/Ungulates/Pages/Mountain%20Goat/Behavior.aspx

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these goats could be fighting over a couple different things. they could be trying to fight to show who is more dominant or they could be fighting over feed, or another goat

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goats can use visual by watching other goats running away and they will do the same even if they dont see the reason why the other goats are running. they use auditory by making different noises depending on what they want. tactile when they want there young to go somewhere they will push it in the right way. smell when the mother is producing milk and wants the baby to find the teat.

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in the milking  parlour the reinforcements is that if the goats go into it they get feed and also the release of milk from them. the punishments could be if they dont go it it that they dont get feed and someone has to do it by hand and might not be the same outcome for the goat.

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dehorning goats stops them from hurting other goats you have but then wont allow them to protect themselves if another animal tries to attack them.

Dr Debra Bourne. “Pain Prevention for Disbudding and Dehorning of Goats and Sheep:” Nostoc (Cyanobacteria Genera), wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00Man/PainRumOverviews/PainProc/P02PainPrevGoat_Disbudding.htm.

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"goat mothers have anywhere between 2 and 12 h post- partum, in close proxmity to alien neonates, were restrained until they permitted the alien young to suckle freely".

Broom, Donald M., and Andrew Ferguson. Fraser. Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare. CABI, 2015.

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Behaviour is a significant indicator of health in animals and understanding behaviour is the key to good management. Animal behaviour and animal welfare science are fast becoming core topics in the curriclua of agriculture and veterinary students.

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with them having a higher heritability for milk yield that could be more profit for someone that raises them to sell there milk. also with the fat percentage being high they can come to market weight quicker.

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Goats generally express seasonal variations in their sexual behavior. A strong variability between breeds exists regarding the dates of onset and end of the breeding season.

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The Milner Library proxy server will allow authorized individuals to use the indexes and databases when connecting through a computer off-campus.

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I chose this species because I have goats already, but I still want to know more about them. And being that we are going to have to do different post about the animal I figured that I would be able to learn more about them and find it more interesting while figuring things out. Hopefully while doing this assignment I will gain helpful knowledge so that I can better take care of my goats so that they have a good and healthy life while I have them. also, I just find them to be interesting animals and there funny as kids.