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The myotonic goat or Tennessee fainting goat is an American breed of goat. It is characterised by myotonia congenita, a hereditary condition that may cause it to stiffen or fall over when excited or startled. [1]: 396 [2] [3] It may also be known as the fainting goat, falling goat, stiff-legged goat or nervous goat, or as the Tennessee wooden ...
During a fall, a person with myotonia congenita may experience partial or complete rigid paralysis that will quickly resolve once the event is over. However, a fall into cold water may render the person unable to move for the duration of submergence. As with myotonic goats, children are more prone to falling than adults, due to their impulsivity.
Remlinger Farms is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) working farm located in Carnation, Washington, and listed in the Library of Congress Local Legacies Project. [1] It is open to the public for six months of the year with amusement rides, entertainment, u-pick fields and corn mazes specializing in local produce.
Should this page be titled Myotonic goat, with a redirect from Fainting goat, instead? Even though "fainting goat" is what they are generally called, the breed name is Myotonic. Traviswertz 09:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC) The association that maintains the breed standard is named "International Fainting Goat Association", so I'm pretty sure that the ...
A goat at Buttercups Sanctuary. The sanctuary now cares for over 140 goats and provides care to approximately an additional 120 goats in foster homes. [1] Common problems for goats arriving at the sanctuary include malnutrition and ailments such as rainscald, foot rot, mud fever and other skin conditions. They may also be infested with worms.
Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) as a branch of animal husbandry. People farm goats principally for their meat , milk , fibre and skins . Goat farming can be very suited to production alongside other livestock (such as sheep and cattle) on low-quality grazing land.
Langley (Lushootseed: sc̓q̓abac) [4] [5] [6] is a city in Island County, Washington, United States. It sits at the south end of Whidbey Island , overlooking the Saratoga Passage . The city's population was 1,035 at the 2010 census , while the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Langley's post office had a population of 4,878. [ 7 ]
In Langley she also funded the restoration of an old farmhouse for the conference facility of the Whidbey Institute and donated 24 acres of wetlands for salmon conservation. In order to support her philanthropic work in the area, she founded the Goosefoot Community Fund, which supports environmental, development, housing and rural economic ...