dairy goats

[Guest guest]

Becky,

I just got goats, too, and am doing similar research. You might want to join the

holistic goats group on . here's a link to get you started:

http://www.apolonia.net/Holistic_Goats/

Good luck!

Willa

[Guest guest]

I'm no expert on goats- yet, since we've owned our little does for a grand total

of 1 week

today! Here are some places that I have found very helpful: www.fiascofarm.com

groups called goats 101 and holistic goats, books from AcresUSA and Countryside

Magazine. It is very hard to get cream from goats milk without a separator

which are

available from Lehman's or Hoegger's Goat Supply.

We're learning lots about goats and have fallen in love with them. They are so

much fun to

watch! Boy can they jump, but then they're only 3 weeks old and are full of

life.

Lynn

>

> I have a question regarding raising dairy goats. I need to know how!

[Guest guest]

Goats are known as being sodium animals. Therefore they are frisky. The

milk is naturally homogenized, and does not separate like cow's milk. Being

the milk is very high in sodium (not to be confused with sodium chloride,

table salt) it is excellent for soothing and aiding digestion. After the

stomach and small bowel has the necessary amount of sodium, reserve

supplies of sodium are stored in the joints, ligaments, and lymph fluid,

which is beneficial to weak and painful joints. The sodium is also needed to

maintain the membrane potential of the cells.

Goat milk is also high in potassium which neutralizes acid waste and with

sodium assists with control of the acid alkaline balance in the muscles.

The milk is know for its electrolytes.

This is why we use dehydrated goats milk for rebuilding health. Fresh goats

milk is best, but not everyone has access to fresh goats milk. Fortunate

are those that do have the fresh goat's milk. Congratulations Lynn on the

new addition to your family. They do quickly become a real part of your

family.

If anyone needs the dehydrated goat's milk drop me a line.

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[Guest guest]

,

where does that information come from that you quoted on

goat's milk? That doesn't sound right about the sodium. It

sounds suspiciously like it came from the goat dairy industry. I

can't see any biological reason why goat milk electrolytes would

differ from any other milk as the liquid portion of milk is almost

identical in mineral composition to the blood plasma and most

blood plasmas are alike .

Most Americans are knackered with excess sodium and often

potassium deficient. I'd like to see more sources on those

electrolyte levels.

It's certainly true that goats milk has smaller fat globules and

therefore more closely resembles human breast milk.

Will

[Guest guest]

Will,

Doms Kefir web site has a link that compares various nutritional components of

goat, cow,

sheep, buffalo, human and soy milk. That site says that goats milk has 204 mgs

of

Potassium compared to 152 mgs for cows milk per 100gms. It says that cows milk

has 49

mgs of sodium compared to 52 mgs for goats. The other significant differences

in

minerals were that goats milk is higher in copper and manganese than cows milk.

I do think that one has to question what milk they were testing as I would

assume that

there are differences between breeds of animals and the type of nutrition the

animals were

receiving.

Steve