About Goats Faint Waco

According to Wikipedia, the myotonic goat or Tennessee fainting goat is an American breed of goat. It is characterized by myotonia congenita, a hereditary condition that may cause it to stiffen or fall over when excited or startled. It may also be known as the fainting goat, falling goat, stiff-legged goat or nervous goat, or as the Tennessee wooden-leg goat Four goats of this type were brought to Tennessee in the 1880s.[6]

Myotonic goats tend to be less preferred for sustainable meat production, which we're glad about!  

Myotonic goats are vigilant animals that are quieter than other goat breeds. Other important differential characteristics of the myotonic goat include very teachable/trainable, stiffness, high quality adaptation to low-input farm land and foraging, and cross-breeding creating hybrids leading to physical strength and good health 

Their hair can be short or long, with certain individuals producing a great deal of cashmere during colder months. Coats can demonstrate any color or pattern.[ 

 Myotonia congenita is caused by an inherited disorder of a chloride channel in the muscles of the skeleton. Congenital myotonia can be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait or a recessive trait, resulting in the varying severity of the condition. In affected goats, the CLCN1 gene contains a missense mutation; the amino acid alanine is replaced with a proline residue. This small change causes the chloride channel in the muscle fibers  to have a reduced conductance of chloride ions. This missense mutation occurs in a sequence of seven amino acids that are included in a group of closely related channels including that of humans and rats. This causes a delay in the relaxation of the muscles after the goat has made an involuntary movement. 

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