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[Peep_Show]

A friend's pet goat (daughter's 4-H project) got CAE when she sent it out to be bred, and it was not the nice little cold kind. The goat died a horrible death choking on its own pus.

 

[Bunnylady]

Gee, Alaskan, I'm sorry your goat experience has had to be so much of an experience. I wish there was some simple, make-everybody-happy solution to the situation, but this one just doesn't play that way, does it?

 

[Alaskan]

A friend's pet goat (daughter's 4-H project) got CAE when she sent it out to be bred, and it was not the nice little cold kind.  The goat died a horrible death choking on its own pus.  

Yeah, the horrid kind is supper horrid.

Gee, Alaskan, I'm sorry your goat experience has had to be so much of an experience. I wish there was some simple, make-everybody-happy solution to the situation, but this one just doesn't play that way, does it?

Thanks

 

[drumstick diva]

Peep Show that was truly a horrible thing. I guess my mindless idea of goats was they were totally robust and nothing phased them.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: an interesting article with great resources

http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/CAE.html

considered a retrovirus like other .... In horses they get have a disease clled EIA....that either kills them or makes them test posiive and that means they dont have symptoms but can pass on the disease. Hence the Coggins test that is required before they can cross state lines.

You have two options either put the horse down and have it disposed of as a diseased animal or keep it in quarantine for the rest of its life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_infectious_anemia

crazy world out there....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Peep Show that was truly a horrible thing. I guess my mindless idea of goats was they were totally robust and nothing phased them.

some bloodlines are..... very roebust. but viruses are sneaky b astards.....

deb

 

[drumstick diva]

as a kid I heard goats could even eat tin cans. People tell kids the darnedest things

 

[Kusanar]

Quote: an interesting article with great resources

http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/CAE.html

considered a retrovirus like other .... In horses they get have a disease clled EIA....that either kills them or makes them test posiive and that means they dont have symptoms but can pass on the disease. Hence the Coggins test that is required before they can cross state lines.

You have two options either put the horse down and have it disposed of as a diseased animal or keep it in quarantine for the rest of its life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_infectious_anemia

crazy world out there....

deb

Though, EIA isn't anywhere near as spreadable as people think it is. It requires a certain species of mosquito and the horse has to have a weakened immune system to begin with to catch it. And that info came from my vet... They did a study where they put a herd of positive horses on one side of a fence and a herd of negative horses on the other, I don't remember the exact results, but I want to say that very few to none of the negative horses turned positive.

 

[Bunnylady]

EIA has created some dilemmas here in the Southeast. There are several feral horse herds on islands (sometimes collectively known as 'Banks Ponies' or 'Banker Ponies') that have their numbers managed through adoption programs - anybody remember 'Misty of Chincoteague?'. Most states won't allow horses to be transported through without a negative Coggins test, and a few of these horses have tested positive. Animal rights groups howl about killing the animals that test positive, they can't be sold, even for meat, they can't be returned to the islands without being a hazard to the other animals. Some of the herds have been breeding in relative isolation for at least a hundred years, and represent some fairly ancient bloodlines; just sterilizing the whole herd and letting them age and die out is insupportable. I know of a few permanent quarantine facilities where infected animals are living out their days (paid for by the government), but there are limits to how much of that one can do, too.

 

[chickisoup]

Good "crispy" morning everyone!

On my 2nd cup already, brrrrrr. A bit chilly letting the chooks out this morning. Not quite sure I am ready for winter this year. Oh, the buildings are allmost done with repairs/upgrades, new (hopefully bear proof) fencing is up and DH has been working hard on the property. Only thing we have left is; last harvest on the herbs, put the gardens to bed and plant the garlic. All good there. It's the human ready part I'm not sure about. I love our little place (LOTS of land, little actual "place"), so many memories here, I just pray we are going to be able to stay out our lives here. Getting older and abiding in the northwoods is not always compatible.

Sorry about your goat dilemma Alaskan. That really stinks.

I am kind of glad now DH dug in his heels about us getting goats tho I really didn't want them so much for milk as the miniature "brush mowing" variety. Besides, that leaves more room for chickens, right?

Speaking of chickens, today is a good day to hitch up the trailer and head to town to pick up few sheets of plywood and grab some feed Always a much easier trip done before the roads turn slippery. Just got a feeling it's going to turn to crap early this year.