Goat Genetics

From Snowbanks to Nitrogen Tanks: A History of Semen Freezing

By Bramble 🌿

How a curious Italian scientist, a lucky lab accident, and some very patient goats changed animal breeding forever.

It starts, as many great scientific stories do, with someone doing …

Goat Conditions: What is carpal hyperextension in goats?

Carpal hyperextension in goats is a condition and topic of primarily Nigerian Dwarf breeders though there have been instances of it in mini goat breeds. You will often see it referred to as …

Expensive Goats: When $1000 + $1500 is not $2500

Goats can really vary in price and quality, there are some quite expensive goats out there. It is hard to make money at goats and few do. New goat breeders sometimes spend a lot of money on their …

Polled Intersex Syndrome: Why we don't breed polled to polled

Polled Intersex Syndrome (PIS) is something about goats that comes up every so often in various goat discussion forums. There is a lot of debate back and forth, but in the scientific literature things …