1. Goats can be bred by artificial insemination. True or

False.

Answer: True

2. What were the first dairy goats to be cultivated widely in this country?

Answer: Toggenburgs

3. What are the four compartments of a goat's stomach?

Answer: Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum

4. To show a goat in 4-H, you must:

a. have a registered goat

b. be a member of ADGA (American Dairy Goat Assn.)

c. have a milking goat

d. none of the above

Answer: d

5. How long is a doe's gestation period?

Answer: Approximately 5 months OR 145-155 days

6. What is the minimum height for a mature Toggenburg in

inches.

a. 25 inches

b. 35 inches

c. 45 inches

Answer: A

7. How long should your doe be dry?

Answer: 6 - 8 weeks

8. What the proper term for a male goat?

Answer: Buck

9. If the doe's shoulders tend to wing out, spreading the front feet

farther apart will tend to bring the shoulders in tighter. True or

False.

Answer: True

10. What are large organic molecules that have a special affinity for

certain minerals?

Answer: Chelate

11. You can make butter out of goat's milk? True or False.

Answer: True

12. Which of the following animals is not a ruminant?

a. sheep b. cows c. horses d. deer

Answer: C

13. Which of following does not cause a goat to have ketosis:

a. feeding an imbalanced diet

b. sudden dietary changes

c. feeding too many vitamins during pregnancy

d. underfeeding during advanced pregnancy

Answer: C

14. Which one of the following minerals is highly toxic for goats:

a) phosphorous; b) calcium; c) lead

Answer: (c) Lead

15. What is homogenization?

Answer: Breaking down and reducing size of fat globules in milk

16. A pH of 7 is considered:

a) acidic b) neutral or c) basic

Answer: B

17. What is goat meat called?

Answer: Chevon, Cabrito

18. What is the major physical difference between goat and cow's milk?

Answer: Natural Homogenization in goats milk