NEW YORK STATE 4-H

NEW YORK STATE 4-H DAIRY GOAT PROJECT FACT SHEET #4
by Dr. E. A. B. Oltenacu Revised April 1999 by Dr. tatiana Stanton Cornell University, Ithaca , NY 14853

PARTS OF THE DAIRY GOAT

1) neck 26) orifice

2) ear 27) floor of udder

3) poll 28) hoof

4) forehead 29) pastern

5) bridge of nose 30) hock

6) nostril 31) flank

7) muzzle 32) median suspensory ligament

8) jaw 33) rear udder

9) throat 34) stifle

10) dewlap 35) thigh

11) point of shoulder
36) rear udder attachment

12) heart girth 37) escutcheon

13) brisket 38) pinbone

14) point of shoulder 39) tail head

15) chest floor 40) tail

16) barrel 41) thurl

17) knee 42) hip

18) toe 43) rib

19) sole 44) crop

20) heel 45) withers

21) dewclaw 46) rump

22) milk vein 47) back

23) fore udder attachment 48) loin

24) fore udder 49) chine

25) teat 50) sholder blade

51) wattles

Questions

Test yourselves! See how many of the parts you can name without looking at the answers on this page.

Suggested Activities

1) Draw the outline of the goat on a large board. Put Velcro where the names should go. Make name cards for each part with Velcro on the back. Shuffle the cards, and divide your club into teams. Members take turns drawing a card and placing it on the board. The team scores a point for each correct positioning of a card. When a team member places a card wrong, the other team has a chance to replace it correctly for 1/2 a point. Teams alternate turns until all the cards have been used. Then points are tallied up.

2) Make this same activity suitable for Cloverbuds by simplifying the terms they are expected to know, holding up the cards and saying the name of the part on the card out loud, and then have them show you where to stick the card with masking tape onto a real live, gentle goat.

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1) neck		26) orifice
2) ear		27) floor of udder
3) poll		28) hoof
4) forehead		29) pastern
5) bridge of nose		30) hock
6) nostril		31) flank
7) muzzle		32) median suspensory ligament
8) jaw		33) rear udder
9) throat		34) stifle
10) dewlap		35) thigh
11) point of shoulder		36) rear udder attachment
12) heart girth		37) escutcheon
13) brisket		38) pinbone
14) point of shoulder		39) tail head
15) chest floor		40) tail
16) barrel		41) thurl
17) knee		42) hip
18) toe		43) rib
19) sole		44) crop
20) heel		45) withers
21) dewclaw		46) rump
22) milk vein		47) back
23) fore udder attachment		48) loin
24) fore udder		49) chine
25) teat		50) sholder blade
		51) wattles