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You can own goats and not know the names of parts of the body. But if you want to have an intelligent discussion with other goat aficionados or show your goats, knowing the correct terminology is essential.

Figure 2-1 shows you the names of the different parts of a goat. Some are obvious — we all can identify an ear or a neck. But others may be new to you if you haven’t raised animals before. Here are some terms for different body parts:

 Cannon bone: The shin bone.

 Chine: The area of the spine directly behind the withers.

 Escutcheon: The area between the back legs, where the udder lies in a doe. This area should be wide in a dairy goat.

 Pastern: The flexible part of the lower leg below the dewclaw and above the hoof.

 Pinbone: The hip bone.

 Stifle joint: In the back leg, the equivalent of the knee in a goat.

 Thurl: The hip joint, usually referred to in relation to the levelness between the thurls.

 Withers: The shoulder area or area of the spine where the shoulder blades meet at the base of the neck. You measure from this point to the ground to determine a goat’s height.

FIGURE 2-1: The parts of a goat’s body.