Tell Me This Is Not CL

[cassie]

I live in a primarily agricultural area. I just assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that having cultures done is easy and routine. Since I no longer have livestock, I have no idea how much a farm call costs here. That said, you can pasteurize the milk. I never fed raw goat milk to my kids, not because of CL, but because of Pasteurella and CAE. All you have to do is heat it to I believe 165 degrees for a few seconds but you might want to check that. It might be 170. It has been many years since I have had to pasteurize milk. When I had cows I could just give the baby kids the raw cow milk and the calves got the raw goat milk and I didn't have to pasteurize any milk. Unless the doe has a CL abscess in her udder, it is unlikely she will transmit CL in her milk to a nursing kid. At least I never had that happen. Every case of CL I ever had in my goats could be traced back to exposure to pus from a draining abscess.

 

[casportpony]

Anyone know of a lab to test non blood samples for goats? Coming up dry.

Contact CAHFS, they do out of state testing:
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu

 

[cassie]

I live in a primarily agricultural area. I just assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that having cultures done is easy and routine. Since I no longer have livestock, I have no idea how much a farm call costs here. That said, you can pasteurize the milk. I never fed raw goat milk to my kids, not because of CL, but because of Pasteurella and CAE. All you have to do is heat it to I believe 165 degrees for a few seconds but you might want to check that. It might be 170. It has been many years since I have had to pasteurize milk. When I had cows I could just give the baby kids the raw cow milk and the calves got the raw goat milk and I didn't have to pasteurize any milk. Unless the doe has a CL abscess in her udder, it is unlikely she will transmit CL in her milk to a nursing kid. At least I never had that happen. Every case of CL I ever had in my goats could be traced back to exposure to pus from a draining abscess.

I said I pasteurized milk because of Pasteurella. I meant mycoplasma.

 

[Kiki]

Anyone know of a lab to test non blood samples for goats? Coming up dry.

What state are you in?

 

[casportpony]

What state are you in?

I think they are in Massachusetts. Tufts has a veterinary diagnostic lab, but their website says they don't accept specimens without a veterinary referral.

 

[casportpony]

@DellaMyDarling, contact CAHFS. It looks like it will cost you $78.25 plus shipping. If you decide to go this route, be sure to ask them for their Fed Ex account number as that will save you lots of money.

Source: https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2461/files/files/page/CL_fact_sheet_2016.pdf
Fees:
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/lab-tests-fees

Caseous Lymphadenitis fact sheet:

 

[DellaMyDarling]

Aargh, now what is THIS?!

5 day old bottle baby.
Does not fit description of anything like a milk goiter. Too young for CL. Not really near a lymph node anyway. Almost blue looking under skin.
Tried to get good pics. Boy was she mad about it.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Could it be were a wattle would be if it had them? Just a thought.

 

[DellaMyDarling]

Could it be were a wattle would be if it had them? Just a thought.

Not sure. Never heard of a Nigerian with wattles.

 

[DellaMyDarling]

Oh, hmm. Found this.
Does seem to be the same location.
Neither of her parents had them, so extra interesting. Hope that's all it is. I'll have to check the boys later.

http://www.nigeriandwarfcolors.com/wattles.html