The goat was among the earliest animals to be domesticated, around 6,000 to 7,000 B.C. in Western Asia.



Kentucky 4-H Dairy Goat Project
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/4am/4am01po/4am01po.pdf

New York State 4-H Meat Goat Project Fact Sheet:
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/4H/meatgoats/meatgoatfs5.htm

Goat Management
http://bluehen.ags.udel.edu/deces/goatmgt/gm-list.htm

Langston University Goat Research and Extension:
http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/library/goat_library.htm

Meat Goat Production and Marketing Handbook:
http://goats.clemson.edu/NC%20Handbook/