Disease Testing Dairy Goats: How To Do It & Why You Should Care
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Disease testing dairy goats is an important part of herd management and is actually quite simple!
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REMEMBER: Not everyone with a camera knows what they are talking about, and sometimes those that DO know what they are talking about don't want to be in front of a camera :) When we can come together though, great things happen and good info goes out! ♥
I'm one of those people. I don't mind photos but have never liked myself being filmed. I'd rather be behind the camera.
Thanks Heather.
You bet! ♥
I am a nurse and have done many blood draws. You are a natural! I love your channel! You and your husband are very knowledgeable and relatable to me. Your kitchen looks like my kitchen, canning and cookers here and there. I love your 'lane' garden! I have a hoop house and a small garden! Now I want goats, rabbits, and a lane! Your channel is perfect for me!
Awe, thank you so much! I'm glad you're here!
Good job Heather. ❤❤❤
Thanks !! ♥ Hugs, Nollie
Clear as a bell demonstration! Very well done, Heather.
Thanks so much!
This was very informative and it helps to see you learning because it makes it less scary for those of us who have not done this particular thing. Doing a blood draw is probably one of the most scary things with any animal - there are visions of something akin to a horror movie with blood "everywhere" that come to mind - but you have made it so much less intimidating! I have done IM shots (medication/antibiotic) for horses and sub-cu fluids for cats, but never went as far as a blood draw on any animal. Thank you, Heather, for making this much more approachable. Also, I agree that if you ask for papers, they should be provided without drama. The only animals I've ever bought with papers were Satin Angora rabbits, and all three came from the breeder with papers. At the time, I didn't think to ask about any sort of disease testing but both females (gotten several months apart) did not live more than a few months. And then, there was a severe disease sweeping through wild and domestic rabbit populations and pretty much every rabbitry went into a bio-lockdown. By the time everything got the green light again, we felt our buck rabbit was probably too old to be socialized with a female rabbit (or two) and gave up (temporarily) on us raising lots of fuzzy bunnies from our own breeding stock. He is a pet now...
I wonder, are there disease tests for rabbits? There must be?
Great work there. Did you hear me cheering you on?
Yes! All the way from here! LOL
Great information Heather. Loved it. Thank you so much for sharing. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
As someone that can never have Goats of my own, so lives vicariously through others, I've watched a lot of other channels with them. Some rather large too, and whilst disease testing may have been mentioned in passing, this is the first time I've heard/seen so much great detail about it. Also, I am that third Goat with the floating veins. I've had many a frustrated nurse, and black arm because of it.
Yeah they move around!!! Bizarre! I have followed tons of channels with many animals and never have seen a disease testing how-to either. I think maybe Blue Cactus had glimpses of her vet coming out but I think it was for baby health checks.
Very interesting. Thank you.
You bet! Thanks for watching!! ♥
What a very helpful video! So much great info. Goat burp approved.
LOL Thanks!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!! Very interesting and helpful!! It was great to see Smores again!!!😊 Stay safe!!!
She is doing so well but STILL can't settle a pregnancy. There is one more thing my mentor wants to try but she may end up just pulling a cart for her, which could be really fun too haha.
@@SageandStoneHomestead That would be adorable!!😊
When I was studying goats before I bought my first goats those people have been my very best friends since, that was nearly 20 years ago.
I love your videos, good job and thank you.
Goat friends are the best friends!♥
@@SageandStoneHomestead I agree👍🏼
Again Heather, wonderful video!! 🎉❤
Thank you!! 😊
So helpful! Clear and concise. Thank you for making this video and the other ones in this series.
You betcha!! Thanks for watching! ♥
Thanks for an informative video. 😊
You bet!! Thanks for watching ♥
Thank you! I've been wanting to do this myself. We've paid the vet to do it before when we had fewer goats, but not with our larger numbers. That kit looks awesome and I appreciate your friend letting you video the collection process. It seems very straight forward.
Yeah it really is simple! I plan to get a head holder like that and test the herd soon
How is smores? Fun seeing her again.
Fat and happy. Loves the boys but won't settle a pregnancy. She may become a cart pulling goat which would be fun to see.
I haven't drawn blood for a while. I need to get back into the habit of it. Vets charge an insane amount of money to draw for you.
Yes. My mentor said it was like $36 an hour plus the farm visit fee plus the testing and materials fees... When I've taken goats in there has been a $45 livestock visit fee to start and then $55 for testing. So each animal is $90 to test with the vet but like $22 each to do it myself like this.
Wow I can do math sometimes, but not always. $45 plus $55 is $100 lol
Hi Heather
can you give more feeders to those goats because I see the small goats have trouble to compete with those big goats for food
There's actually 3 feeder areas but this is the best view. If the littler goats were not gaining as expected I'd have to do something different though. The big goats should be getting more food because of their size, so I'm okay with the smaller ones not being able to inhale more than they need. They really only need grain when there is a concern for their weight or when they are milking, the milkers all get feed on the stand so they get a bowl to themselves. 😊
@@SageandStoneHomestead I know you know what you doing But I feel sorry for the small once :(
No need. Many of my goats get overweight or have large babies because I over-feed grain. I've got a close eye on them and everyone is growing nicely without getting fat.
Who makes that head catch stand. It's nice it fits nigerian dwarfs too. All the ones i have seen are for bigger goats
This is at my friend's house but I think it is this: www.premier1supplies.com/p/trimming-stand
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you so much. It looks just like that.
Lol 😂 when you were drawing blood, the goat looked like a camel 🤣🤣
Lamanchas definitely look like camels!!
How I wish I knew about this. I purchased 2 does, one with 1 kid and the other had 2 kids. 2 weeks in had one grew a large lump and took 3 weeks to get a vet out to the farm, he tested and it came back CL positive. One week later the other doe had pussy lesions 😢 Kids are growing great, but only option I was given is to have them all put down.💔 😭I don't have it in me to do that. We don't have vet's in our area who deal with goats. Anyone with any suggestions?
Did you have the babies tested to see if they carry it too? CL can jump to people so be careful with that pus. Sometimes putting animals down is the kind thing. But not always necessary.
@SageandStoneHomestead No, the vet said since I had vaccinated them with the CD&T that it wasn't possible to test as it would automatically be positive from the vaccine.
Yeah they must have had the CL vaccine then, as the CD&T is a different set of bacterium targeted. I had one with a CL vaccine and it was a meat goat, are yours meat goat or half meat goat?
Do you disease test your goats every year?
Yes we do now. before breeding season :)
Wonderful video Heather, thank you for sharing your learning experience. It helps to know it's not as scary of a process and is actually very doable. Please thank your mentor for letting you video and share this with us. 💚💚
I'm so grateful to her for SO much!! She has empowered more than just me with this!