While some tropic goat breedsreproduceall year long, pygmy goat females begin their cycle late fall/winter after they reach sexual maturity at age one. This timing ensures the young will be born in the spring/summer, since the gestation period for females is roughly 150 days. When males reach...
Maternal ingestion of lupine (Lupinusspp.) and hemlock (Conium maculatum) has produced arthrogryposis in offspring. The type and severity of disorders will vary in accordance with stage of gestation, toxin dose, and duration of ingestion.
To quantify the pattern of myometrial activity during gestation and parturition, one bipolar electrode was implanted on each uterine horn of four bilaterally pregnant pygmy goats between days 102 and 120 of gestation. After a recovery period, electromyographic recordings were made for at least six ...