WE HAVE CHANGED OUR DEWORMING PROGRAM USING FAMACHA
SCREENING AND DOING OUR OWN STOOL SAMPLE ANALYSIS AS A
GUIDE LINE FOR DEWORMING.
AFTER ATTENDING NUMEROUS SEMINARS AT THE ADGA
CONVENTION, I HAVE GAINED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING GOAT HERD MANAGEMENT, AS WELL
AS THE 8 YEARS MANAGING OUR OWN HERD.
WORMING HAS BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM ACROSS THE NATION.
MOST FARMS ARE NOT WORMING CORRECTLY, USUALLY
WORMING TOO FREQUENTLY, CAUSING THE GOATS TO BECOME
IMMUNE TO MANY OF THE MAJOR CLASSES OF WORMERS ON THE
MARKET TODAY. IT IS PROJECTED THAT WITHIN TWO YEARS IF
THE GOAT INDUSTRY DOES NOT CHANGE THERE WORMING
PRACTICES, THE MAJORITY OF WORMERS WILL BE INEFFECTIVE
AND MANY GOATS WILL DIE BECAUSE OF RESISTANCE TO
WORMERS. STOOL SAMPLES CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE
ROUNDWORM, OR ANY BLOOD SUCKING WORM POPULATION IS AS
WELL AS FAMACHA SCREENING.
MASTITIS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM IN MANY HERDS. A DOE CAN
CARRY MASTITIS WITHOUT ANY SYMPTOMS. SOMATIC CELL
COUNTS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE TO DETERMINE EARLY MASTITIS.
CLEANLINESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICES TO
PREVENT MASTITIS. LAYERING BEDDING ON TOP OF SOILED
BEDDING ONLY INCREASES THE BACTERIA IN YOUR STALL AS
WELL AS INCREASING THE AMMONIA THAT YOUR HERD IS
BREATHING. WHEN ADDING CLEAN BEDDING TO ALREADY SOILED
STALLS, THERE IS NO BARRIER TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF
BACTERIA TO YOUR DOES TEAT. WASHING HANDS AND WEARING
GLOVES WHEN MILKING ALSO HELP WITH THE TRANSFER OF
MASTITIS FROM DOE TO DOE. OUR HANDS ARE CONTAMINATED
WITH STAPH AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER BACTERIA FOREIGN
TO OUR GOATS WHICH CAUSES SIGNIFICANT MASTITIS, AS WELL
AS NUMEROUS OTHER ILLNESS.
PRACTICING BIO-SECURITY AT THE SHOWS AS WELL AS WITHIN
YOUR OWN HERD IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN DECREASING DISEASE
TRANSFER.
SCREENING AND DOING OUR OWN STOOL SAMPLE ANALYSIS AS A
GUIDE LINE FOR DEWORMING.
AFTER ATTENDING NUMEROUS SEMINARS AT THE ADGA
CONVENTION, I HAVE GAINED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING GOAT HERD MANAGEMENT, AS WELL
AS THE 8 YEARS MANAGING OUR OWN HERD.
WORMING HAS BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM ACROSS THE NATION.
MOST FARMS ARE NOT WORMING CORRECTLY, USUALLY
WORMING TOO FREQUENTLY, CAUSING THE GOATS TO BECOME
IMMUNE TO MANY OF THE MAJOR CLASSES OF WORMERS ON THE
MARKET TODAY. IT IS PROJECTED THAT WITHIN TWO YEARS IF
THE GOAT INDUSTRY DOES NOT CHANGE THERE WORMING
PRACTICES, THE MAJORITY OF WORMERS WILL BE INEFFECTIVE
AND MANY GOATS WILL DIE BECAUSE OF RESISTANCE TO
WORMERS. STOOL SAMPLES CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE
ROUNDWORM, OR ANY BLOOD SUCKING WORM POPULATION IS AS
WELL AS FAMACHA SCREENING.
MASTITIS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM IN MANY HERDS. A DOE CAN
CARRY MASTITIS WITHOUT ANY SYMPTOMS. SOMATIC CELL
COUNTS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE TO DETERMINE EARLY MASTITIS.
CLEANLINESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICES TO
PREVENT MASTITIS. LAYERING BEDDING ON TOP OF SOILED
BEDDING ONLY INCREASES THE BACTERIA IN YOUR STALL AS
WELL AS INCREASING THE AMMONIA THAT YOUR HERD IS
BREATHING. WHEN ADDING CLEAN BEDDING TO ALREADY SOILED
STALLS, THERE IS NO BARRIER TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF
BACTERIA TO YOUR DOES TEAT. WASHING HANDS AND WEARING
GLOVES WHEN MILKING ALSO HELP WITH THE TRANSFER OF
MASTITIS FROM DOE TO DOE. OUR HANDS ARE CONTAMINATED
WITH STAPH AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER BACTERIA FOREIGN
TO OUR GOATS WHICH CAUSES SIGNIFICANT MASTITIS, AS WELL
AS NUMEROUS OTHER ILLNESS.
PRACTICING BIO-SECURITY AT THE SHOWS AS WELL AS WITHIN
YOUR OWN HERD IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN DECREASING DISEASE
TRANSFER.