parts of a goat
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- forehead
- located above the eyes and below the poll
- ribs
- located below the chine
- cannon bone
- located on front legs between knee and hooves
- hoof
- composed of the toe, heel, and sole
- loin
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located between chine and hip;
third of five parts making up the topline - throat
- the underside of the neck
- barrel
- measurement around the widest part of the ribs
- tail
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located at rear just past the rump;
doe will "FLAG" it when in season - escutcheon
- area forming an upside-down "U" under the tail
- topline
- composed of the withers, chine, loin, hip, and rump
- brisket
- front of goat just above chest floor
- hocks
- joint on back of rear legs
- thigh
- upper part of rear legs
- rear udder
- upper part of udder where it attaches to the rear of the body as viewed from behind
- poll
- top of head where horns may or may not be located
- sole
- the underside of the hoof
- withers
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highest point on the back;
first of five parts making up the topline - rump
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located between the hip and the tail;
the last of five parts which make up the topline - crops
- located below the withers
- heel
- the rear of the hoof
- udder
- the milksac on does
- shoulder blade
- bone below withers curving down and towards the front of the goat
- chine
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located between the withers and the loin;
second of five parts making up the topline - jaw
- underside of mouth between throat and muzzle
- pastern
- where hoof attaches to and blends into the leg
- thurl
- located below the hip bone
- bridge of nose
- located between the eyes and the nostrils
- nostril
- nose
- udder floor
- area between the teats on underside of udder
- fore udder
- where udder attaches to underside of doe
- milk vein
- runs along the underside of the doe to the udder
- hip bone
- located just below the hip and above the thurl
- navel
- where umbilical cord was attached when born
- pin bone
- bone where tail attaches to the body
- toe
- front of the hoof
- knee
- joint located on front of front legs
- Medial Suspension ligament
- tendon bisecting the udder which provides support to the mammory system
- heart girth
- measurement around body behind front legs
- chest floor
- width between the front legs
- muzzle
- composed of the mouth, nostril, and chin
- dewclaw
- funny things above the hooves in the back of all four legs
- point of shoulder
- bone located on side just below the neck towards front of animal
- stifle joint
- located on rear legs where attached to body in front
- point of elbow
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where front legs attach to the body towards the rear
- hip
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located between the loin and the rump
the fourth part of five which make up the topline - neck
- located between the head and withers