Goatie Acronyms!

[MamaMage]

i love reading all these informative posts but the acronyms confuse me a little! would anyone care to share some of these acronyms and their meanings?

 

[NH homesteader]

Do you have some examples? Only because I can't think of any off the top of my head!

 

[MamaMage]

oh gosh ive seen so many...first of all what is "BOSS"? haha and A/C? ive been reading alot of "feeding time" threads and ive seen so many!

 

[NH homesteader]

BOSS= black oil sunflower seeds
A/C= ammonium chloride

 

[Southern by choice]

FF= first freshener ( first time a doe kids and comes into milk)
CAE= Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis - Weakness in rear legs of young goats or kids, causing muscle atrophy and death. Swollen joints, particularly in the knees, of adult goats.
CL= Caseous lymphadenitis "is a contagious, infectious and chronic disease of goats and sheep that occurs across the United States. Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the bacterium that is the causative agent of this disease."
Ca / P = Calcium to phosphorus ratio you want 2:1 at the most 4:1 never less then 2:1
UC- urinary Calculi

 

[NH homesteader]

Go you! All I could think of was BB- bottle baby!

 

[Southern by choice]

Go you! All I could think of was BB- bottle baby!

lol i never even thought of that one!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I have a doe named PITA - does that count?

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[NH homesteader]

SQ- subcutaneous, IM- intramuscular... Ways to give injections.

There's more! We should add to this, I bet a lot of people have the same question.