Goat Veterinary Consultancies - goatvetoz

02/10/2026

Golden shower tree (Cassia fistula)
The anthelmintic potential of C. fistula requires further experimental validation before its possible application in small ruminants can be considered. Given the limited number of available studies and the considerable variability in extraction methods, doses, and parasite models, its practical veterinary application remains uncertain

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01/10/2026

I don't object to natural remedies but I must see evidence that they work . Lemon Grass Oil (LGO) was added to weaner diets at 1% LGO for 90 days. No significant differences were observed in body weight gain, dry matter intake, digestibility or blood biochemistry. However, LGO supplementation tended to improve erythrocytic catalase and superoxide dismutase activities, "

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30/09/2026

Ontario dairy goat industry was thriving, Statistics Canada’s 2024 data show Ontario’s 198 licensed dairy goat operations produced 62 million litres of goat milk, with today’s production tracking at 3.8 per cent above previous years. with the average farm producing 314,000 litres.

29/09/2026

Sounds very useful for large goat farmers

See the technology improving farm security and biosecurity operations, installed at Dareton.
The Farm Security and Biosecurity Agtech Focus Day brings the latest security camera, asset
monitoring and fruit fly detection technology together so producers can see what's working - and what's worth considering for their own operations.

✔ Practical demonstrations of
Agtech operating in real farming systems
✔ Orchard walks visiting installed security and biosecurity solutions, with supplier insights
✔ Insights on dashboards,
alerts and data use
✔ Hear from other producers about what works

📍 Dareton Primary Industries Institute
📅 Thursday 8 October 2026
Free event - registration essential
Secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4gggdi1

28/09/2026

The gene that causes intersex, related pollness has been identified Hopefully some clever people can work their gene cutting skills on it. The most important thing you can do is make sure that you never disbud a poll kid by accident and register it as disbudded. As long as 1 parent is horned or disbudded then no intersex from the recessive gene associated with the poll gene

28/09/2026

Startect wont be available in 2027
Dawbut newsletter mentioned this as Zoetis said their supplier of the main active ingredient has stopped manufacturing it and they need to find a new manufacturer. This is what happens when multi national companies take over other then rationalize their supplier. I factory goes bust or 1 factroy is destroyed by a natural catastrophe like a hurricane then the whole work has none. So start using Bioworma and concentrate on only drenching those goats that need it based on the 5 point check or worm egg counts

24/09/2026

Vets can nominate another vet who has helped them with their sheep goat and camelid work
Small Ruminant Vet of the Year



The Small Ruminant Vet of the Year Award recognises an SCGV member who has made an outstanding contribution to the small ruminant veterinary profession through leadership, mentoring, volunteering, knowledge sharing, industry service and/or ongoing support of SCGV and its members.

Members are invited to nominate an SCGV veterinarian who has made a meaningful contribution to sheep, camelid or goat veterinary practice, the wider industry or the professional community.

Nominations close Friday 16 October 2026.

22/09/2026

New Zealand Surveillance Annual report
Cases submitted to the New Zealand labs have been reported. Sorry the picture is blurry but I can't post the link due to facebook's new rules but you can search for Animal health surveillance data annual report
Authors: Hewison T, Watts J, Eames M,
Publication: Surveillance, Volume 53, Issue 3 Annual Report, pp 22-26, Sep 2026
Still 1 CAE case but mostly parasites, lots of Johne's disease in other species

22/09/2026

The USA doesn't have Glanvac although Canada does. CLA (cheesy gland)
is widespread and even a sheep truck driven past can introduce it into your herd as the organism lasts a long time in dust

RESEARCH SHARE

Prevalence and demographic trends of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Caseous Lymphadenitis) in domestic goats and sheep: A ten-year retrospective study from the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Highlights
• Submissions for CLA in domestic goats and sheep included 120,958 individuals and 20,492 herds.
• Sheep exhibited a higher prevalence of CLA across samples, individual animals, and herds.
• SHI demonstrated a positive prevalence of 10.7% in individual sheep and 3.9% in individual goats.
• Aerobic culture positive prevalence was 34.0% in individual sheep and 33.6% in individual goats.
• SHI positive prevalence increased by age: ≤ 6 months (2%), 7–24 months (3.7%), > 24 months (5.1%).

Abstract
Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, is a chronic, contagious disease of small ruminants that impacts animal health and economic concerns globally. This retrospective study analyzed 10 years (May 1, 2015–May 1, 2025) of domestic sheep and goat diagnostic data from the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) to characterize CLA prevalence using synergistic hemolysin inhibition (SHI) and CLA-targeted aerobic cultures. Data from 139,238 sample submissions (120,958 individual animals; 20,492 herds) were standardized and analyzed at the sample, individual, and herd level. Herd-level prevalence exceeded individual prevalence and the number of animals tested per herd was associated with herd-level positivity for both species. The prevalence of CLA based on SHI was lower (Chi-sq p < 0.0001) in goat samples (3.7%; 4452/120,213) than sheep samples (9.9%; 1779/17,990). However, the prevalence of CLA based on CLA-targeted aerobic culture was similar (Chi-sq p > 0.05) in goat samples (33.3%; 269/808) and sheep samples (32.2%; 73/227). Overall, prevalence increased with animal age (Chi-sq p < 0.0001) and was found to be higher (Chi-sq p < 0.05) in females of the combined species (SHI 4.9% (2281/46,268); aerobic culture 35.7% (251/704)) than in males (SHI 3.9% (450/11,561); aerobic culture 25.6% (61/238)). Geographic variation was observed, with SHI results indicating a lower prevalence of CLA in both goats and sheep in WA as compared to other regions in the United States and Canada (Chi-sq p < 0.0001). These findings underscore the importance of surveillance to inform epidemiological studies and herd-level control strategies aimed at reducing the burden of CLA across diverse production systems.

Source: Small Ruminant Research, November 2026

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921448826001872