Myotonic animals will have enlarged muscles. Enlarged muscles (called Hypertrophy of muscles) will mean the animal will have a better carcass at slaughter . These animals may dress out better however they have an inability to escape predators because of the myotonia.
Pygmy goats do not faint; myotonic or "fainting" goats do. They faint because of an inherited genetic disorder called myotonia. This causes the muscles to stiffen when the goat is frightened, and they remain tense for a few seconds.
No, goats should not eat Wisteria Vine as it is toxic. It can cause at least depression, if not worse.
Male goats are often called "Billy goats" as a colloquial term to distinguish them from female goats and emphasize their masculinity. The term "Billy" is derived from the old English word for male in animals.
Dogs can get parvovirus. Parvovirus can cause abortions in pigs. Cattle can get parvovirus but it doesn't cause clinical disease. I have not heard of goats getting parvovirus.
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Pygmy goats do not faint; myotonic or "fainting" goats do. They faint because of an inherited genetic disorder called myotonia. This causes the muscles to stiffen when the goat is frightened, and they remain tense for a few seconds.
actually fainting goats dont acatually faint or loose consisousness they just get stiff legs and fall over. as they get older they lean to adapt to this problem and try to lean on somthing to prvent from falling over. but the name of this issue is myotonia congenita. Myotonia congenita can occur anywhere to mice to humans.
loss of fluid and potassium in the muscles
Myotonia is a delayed relation of a muscle after a strong relaxation or the inability to relax voluntary muscle after vigorous effort. It can affect any muscle group. Repeated effort will be needed to relax the muscle, although the condition usually improves after the muscles have warmed-up.
Myotoniamyotonia
The medical term for delayed relaxation of a muscle after a strong contraction is myotonia. This condition is characterized by prolonged muscle stiffness or difficulty relaxing the muscle after it has been contracted. Myotonia can occur in conditions such as myotonic dystrophy or myotonia congenita.
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Sergius Morgulis has written: 'Metabolism in myotonia atrophica' -- subject(s): Metabolism, Myotonia atrophica 'Fasting and undernutrition' -- subject(s): Fasting, Metabolism, Food Deprivation
No, goats should not eat Wisteria Vine as it is toxic. It can cause at least depression, if not worse.
Male goats are often called "Billy goats" as a colloquial term to distinguish them from female goats and emphasize their masculinity. The term "Billy" is derived from the old English word for male in animals.
No, goats should not eat lawn clippings as they can cause digestive issues and potentially be harmful to their health.
Goats sit in trees because they love to eat trees which can be found in many species of trees. also cause' their daredevils