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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 ...
The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07740. As of the 2010 United States Census , the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07740 was 31,038. [ 1 ]
In June, 2014, Idyll Farms moved a herd of their wethers along with movable pens and electric fencing from Northport to the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit, under the stated objective to have the grazing goats clean up overgrown foliage and help the struggling community through agriculture, jobs, education, and self-sufficiency.
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.
Ariana Grande Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/MEGA Arianda Grande enjoys spending time with goats so much, she joked that she will name her seventh album, Goat Mother. The two-time Grammy winner ...
Myotonia congenita is a congenital neuromuscular channelopathy that affects skeletal muscles (muscles used for movement). It is a genetic disorder.The hallmark of the disease is the failure of initiated contraction to terminate, often referred to as delayed relaxation of the muscles and rigidity. [1]
Prior to being called West Long Branch, the area had been called Mechanicsville from the 18th century through the Civil War, and then Branchburg in the 1870s.The name West Long Branch appears in the 1889 Wolverton Atlas of Monmouth County, and seems to have derived its name from its proximity to a section of the Shrewsbury River.
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 ...