ISBN 0-9664476-0-3, second edition, 1999, Crane Creek Publications, 241 pages, price $15.95 plus $2.75 shipping in the USA, please ask about prices for shipping outside the US, contact information at bottom of page, checks, money orders and credit cards accepted

Contents of The Angora Goat, its History. Management and Diseases by Stephanie and Allison Mitcham.

1. Introduction
2. History: From Turkey - to Texas - North and Beyond
3. Mohair
4. Getting Started in the Goat Business
5. Goat Selection and Record Keeping
6. Facilities, Feeders and Fencing
7. Nutrition
8. Routine Procedures
9. Shearing and Related Activities
10. Mohair Marketing
11. Kid Production
12. Angora Calendar
13. Diseases
    • Parasites
    • Nutritionally Related Diseases
    • Reproductive Problems
    • Miscellaneous Diseases
14. Showing Angora Goats
15. Embryo Transfer
16. Guard Animals
17. Herding Dogs: The Border Collie
18. Food for Thought
• Appendix I: Registered Goats and their Identification
• Appendix II: Normal Goat Temperature, Pulse and Respiratory Ranges and Goat Aging
• Appendix III: Medication Administration
• Appendix IV: Drug Dosages
• Appendix V: Induction of Abortion or Parturition in the Doe
• Appendix VI: Evaluating the Gestational Age of Aborted Goat Fetuses
• Appendix VII: Fecal Examination for Gastrointestinal Parasites
• Appendix VIII: Mohair Washing Instructions
• Appendix IX: Breeding for Colored Angora Goats by D.P. Sponenberg DVM, PhD
• Appendix X: Angora Goat Nutrition by Dan Morrical PhD
• References

• Meat Goats, their History, Management and Diseases

  by Stephanie Mitcham and Allison Mitcham, illustrated by Peter Mitcham

  ISBN 0-9664476-2-X, published 2000 Crane Creek Publications, reprinted December 2004, 264 pages, written in response to all of the meat goat questions asked over the years. Price $19.95 plus $3 shipping in the US, $4 shipping to Canada, contact information at bottom of page, checks, money orders and credit cards accepted

• Contents of Meat Goats,Their History, Management and Diseases by Stephanie and Allison Mitcham.

  • 1. Introduction: An Historical Perspective
  • 2. The Contemporary Shortage of Goat Meat: A Problem in Asia and America Too
  • 3. Meat Goats in the United States: The American Quest for the Ideal Meat Goat
  • 4. Management
    • A) Forages: An Economic Necessity
    • B) Is Bigger Better? In Many Environments, Not Necessarily!
    • C) Stress
    • D) Marketing
  • 5. Getting Started in the Goat Business
  • 6. Goat Selection and Record Keeping
  • 7. Facilities, Feeders and Fencing
  • 8. Handling Systems
  • 9. Nutrition
  • 10. Grazing Management
  • 11. Routine Procedures
  • 12. Kid Production
  • 13. Diseases
    • I. Parasites
    • II. Nutritionally Related Diseases
    • III. Reproductive Problems
    • IV. Miscellaneous Diseases
  • 14. Artificial Insemination
  • 15. Embryo Transfer
  • 16. Showing Meat Goats
  • 17. Guard Animals
  • 18. Herding Dogs: The Border Collie
  • 19. Healthy and Delicious Meat
  • Appendix I. Meat Goat Calendar
  • Appendix II. Normal Goat Temperature, Pulse and Respiratory Ranges and Goat Aging
  • Appendix III. Medication Administration
  • Appendix IV. Drug Dosages
  • Appendix V. Induction of Abortion or Parturition in the Doe
  • Appendix VI. Evaluating the Gestational Age of Aborted Goat Fetuses
  • Appendix VII. Tatooing
  • Appendix VIII. Fecal Examination for Gastrointestinal Parasites
  • Appendix IX. Meat Goat Nutrition and Ration Balancing
  • References

• Think Like a Goat?

  by Allison Mitcham and Stephanie Mitcham, illustrations by Naomi Mitcham and Peter Mitcham

  ISBN 0-9664476-3-8, published 2005, Crane Creek Publications, 48 pages, children's book, hardcover, lovely illustrations (watercolor, pen and ink). Price $15.95 plus $3 shipping in the US, $4 shipping to Canada, contact information at bottom of page, checks, money orders and credit cards accepted