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I have no idea how accurate the Naylor strips are for goats. I do know that with the California Mastitis Test there are some differences. Your best bet is to go to your vet to get a sterile vial, collect a sterile sample and have a culture run. If it turns out the goat does have mastitis, the...

True. But anyone who is drinking raw milk may on occasion run into salty milk. This is one of the first indications of mastitis and the goat may not be yet showing any symptoms. If the goat is showing obvious symptoms of mastitis obviously you wouldn't taste the milk.

You are probably right, but I haven't died yet. If the infection was that virulent the goat would be very sick or dead. That said, a sterile sample is the best course of action .

Taste the milk. If it is salty, she has mastitis. It wouldn't hurt to take a sterile sample and have it run.