Goat Veterinary Consultancies - goatvetoz

21/11/2024

New NVDs for goats - they now reference the new CAE and Johne's disease Market Assurance Programs

A new Goat eNVD is now available in the eNVD web-based system and mobile app.

Download the eNVD app or update to the latest version to access the new Goat eNVD.

iPhone users: https://apple.co/3K99RAR

Android users: https://bit.ly/3yfzqtm

20/11/2024

Training from goatvetoz
There was a lot of interest in my worm egg counting course after I posted about a microscope a past student wanted to sell as she was going out of goats. Did you know I have 4 recorded Zoom webinars with associated notes. They are on my website i.e. https://goatvetoz.com.au/training . I am currently writing the notes for another one on Urinary calculi prevention. This will re place the kidding on which I will redo next year. Email me if interested - [email protected]. I need your email to send the notes for each course and the Zoom link and password,

Helping goat owners by translating the latest research into practical ideas that can be implemented on your goat farm.

20/11/2024

A good news story
A UK dairy goat farm is giving out grants to charities. https://www.farminguk.com/news/uk-s-largest-goat-milk-producer-donates-17-000-to-charities_65667.html Well done.

St Helen’s Farm, the UK’s largest goat’s milk producer, has extended its ‘goodness grants’ funding pot, to donate almost £17,000 to charities across the UK.

20/11/2024

Open your goats mouths to check the front incisors and if worn down give them chaff. Feel along the jaws in case molars are sharp or 1 is missing and get a vet to examine if there is a problem, especially if the goat drops feed from its mouth. https://www.sheepandgoat.com/_files/ugd/aded98_facab052aca44808abf3b3d1d0aa4ca4.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawGrPS5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZ0Qe7zBIAmgEA8TkXOYEq4I22mBhcKPW_5ViUSR0_zdP4PK8_OwVZ5UQA_aem_qc5oimM-edW0FANcU1ah-g Good to see CAE and Johne's disease is mentioned - keep these diseases out of your herd by only buying from accredited free herds. Check the MAP register or demand to see yearly blood test results.

https://www.sheepandgoat.com/_files/ugd/aded98_facab052aca44808abf3b3d1d0aa4ca4.pdf

19/11/2024

Wisconsin USA has 78, 000 dairy goats on 920 farms. https://agupdate.com/agriview/news/business/cheeseheads-have-new-bleating-heart/article_a4d4d336-a5cc-11ef-b171-0b7a5f14cacd.html Most of the milk goes to making goats cheeses.

When it comes to dairy-cow production, Wisconsin was long, well, the “goat.” For decades the state had both the largest number of dairy-cow farms and the largest dairy-cow production in

19/11/2024

I just registered.

All LPA accredited producers – from large scale operators to hobby farmers – may be audited to check how records are maintained and how food safety, biosecurity and animal welfare management is carried out. This webinar is ideal for anyone handling livestock – farm owners, managers, overseers ...

19/11/2024

New scientific reference on rumination in goats
While interesting that rumination is not associated with feeding, I don't know why this animal ethics committee approved fasting these 4 goats for 4 days. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79586-7 There was no real difference between summer and winter.

Rumination shows a nocturnal rhythmic pattern in day-active ruminants. Although feeding has been shown to quantitatively modulate rumination, it is not clear yet if feeding rhythm plays a causal role in rumination rhythm. The present study was carried out to determine whether the daily rhythm of rum...

19/11/2024

Always get a National Goat Health Declaration if buying goats in Australia- this has no just been revamped. See https://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/from-traceability-to-health-declarations-important-changes-for-goat-owners/ Use the most up to date version

Goat owners will be aware of the impending changes for traceability that commence on 1 January 2025, with individual animal identification being introduced (except in Victoria, where it has been in place since 2017). More information on this can be found on the Sheep and Goat Traceability Task Force...

18/11/2024

Want to do your own worm egg counts ?
Someone who did my Zoom worm egg counting course is now selling all her goats. My course is $40 - email me if interested [email protected] in doing the course or the microscope. She emailed me and said-
"I have the microscope to sell and thought you might know people that might be interested (people doing the course etc) . Its a fantastic one and still in original box. "

18/11/2024

Some nice feedback on BioWorma
Note not all herds are doing as well so keep checking them
"As per the results below from WormCount, I continue to have zero EPGs.
My younger goats have just turned 4 years and I've never had to drench them thanks to BioWorma.
Thanks again for putting me on to it. It's saved me time and money and it's rewarding to have my goats in great condition.

Samples Rec'd 5th November 2024 Samples Analysed 5th November 2024
Strongyle Type Nematodirus Tapeworm Coccidia
Sample ID Egg per gram EPG relative count relative count
R 0 0 Not Seen (NS) NS
P......... 0 0 NS NS
R2 0 0 NS NS
R3 0 0 NS NS
R4 0 0 NS NS

Average 0 0 "

18/11/2024

Poisonous Plants
Recent rains have germinated w**d seeds and some of these may be poisonous to your goats. Goats lack the ability to know not to eat poisonous plants. Check your paddocks for poisonous plants https://au.pinterest.com/goatvetoz/dangerous-plants-never-feed-to-goats/ . My board has photos and links to websites that will help.

Discover goatvetoz's collection, Dangerous plants- never feed to goats

18/11/2024

Smart Goat
Unfortunately many goats get sick opening doors to feed sheds and eating too much grain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjxNHgMPMg Make sure all feed stores have a secure fastener.

Goat figures out how to open doors to steal snacks — and invites all his friends!We talked to Erin about her bond with the animals in her sanctuary and how t...

18/11/2024

New Zealand Dairy Goat Industry
Couple’s $20m payday thwarted after goat milk business collapses in New Zealand . https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/couples-20m-payday-thwarted-after-goat-milk-business-collapses-its-heartbreaking-46634 - ‘it’s heartbreaking’,

They have been forced to carve up their Northland farm.

17/11/2024

US undergraduate Animal Science Student Spotlight with an interest in dairy goats https://ag.purdue.edu/news/department/ansc/2024/11/undergraduate-student-spotlight-jeremiah-geise.html?image Good to see people with goat knowledge being trained at Universities in animal degrees.

Jeremiah Geise is a senior in animal sciences, and he comes from a family farm in Arlington, Indiana.

16/11/2024

Australian rangeland goat producers and harvesters should enrol and attend

This webinar is designed specifically for goat owners and goat depots to provide an understanding of recent changes to Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) and harvested rangeland goat (HRG) accreditation. This webinar will highlight goat-specific changes to LPA and National Vendor Declarations (NVD...

16/11/2024

This is why you must do a DrenchCheck
Recently I diagnosed Q drench resistance (so the worms were resistant to white drenches, levamisole, abamectin and closantel- the last only kills barbers pole worms). According to my calculations, these are the worm egg counts the owner should have gotten at 14 days post Qdrench treatments if Qdrench was 95% effective :
C1 40 epg (was 400)
C2 40 epg (was 200)
H1 55 epg ((was 700)
H2 - actually went up so QDrench had no effect at all
H3 - 15 epg (was 300)
The owner was advised to never use Qdrench again and to use Zolvix Plus instead as it has a new active from a different family. The owner also got a range of recommendations about managing the pastures and the goats.

Do you know if your drench is working properly ? Do a DrenchCheck i.e. worm egg counts before and exactly 14 days after drenching and ideally larval cultures as well. At 14 days any worm eggs must be from worms that survived the drench. You don't do them earlier as sometimes the drench makes the worms sick so they don't lay any eggs but aren't killed.

16/11/2024

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16/11/2024

Goats are more susceptible to worms than sheep- we have know this for years but a new research report confirms it. See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-024-74112-1?fromPaywallRec=true . Good to remember.