The Cleveland Zoo says it's been contacted by the British Broadcasting Corporation and a Canadian radio station wanting to discuss theories, the police chief in Chester says he's been fielding dozens of calls, and people have been posting their hunches on a Web site devoted to mysterious. Local mystery animals attract worldwide interest. CHESTERLAND-- People from all over the world are joining the guessing game over strange animals spotted in woods in County east of Cleveland. Local...

Theoretically goats can get grass tetany (hypomagnesemia), although it is usually described in sheep on lush pasture after lambing. Question: Can goats get grass tetany? Mine (boer goats)are getting eye blisters and itching. Pinkeye or trauma is more likely than grass tetany in goats. Goats don't typically have access to lush pasture enough to cause the problem. Is it possible they have had too much good food? (greengrass and alfalfa orchard hay) This material may not be published,...

A lot of us have seen the news story where newscasters go to Lewisburg and someone goes out into a herd with an umbrella and the goats, upon seeing that open umbrella, all fall down. Shepherds probably often kept the goats in their flocks of sheep, as insurance, in case of predator attacks. I asked her would she go with me and my husband to look for some of these goats. I thought it would be fun to see them in the chicken yard and when we sell pumpkins in the fall, the children could view them.

I can get them from the roadsides, under coconut trees, and even in our backyard," replied Manong Doming, a recipient of goat dispersal program of a government project. Among the beneficial plants that could be used for goats are grasses like "kulape," "balbas kalabaw," "baning usa," "tinitigro," "Digitaria species," and "Cyperus species. In addition, legumes are nitrogen fixers compared to grasses which are 'parasite of soil' since they sap nutrient from soil thus competing with other...

The rancher knows what will happen: his herd of roughly 300 sheep will be transported live out of state and taken to a slaughter plant where they will be euthanized, their brains and lymph node tissue harvested for testing. Wyoming flock will be killed, tested after rare Nor98-like form of scrapie found on ranch. It doesnt indicate that were going to have mass outbreaks of this particular strain, it just indicates that one of these animals from Europe ended up in our system. The lamb and...