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Scrapie Updates in Goats and Sheep for 2025 | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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As goat owners, understanding diseases that can affect our herds is crucial for maintaining healthy animals and preventing the spread of illnesses. In this episode, Deborah Niemann is joined

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Kid favoring a leg?

So, I had a couple of doelings born a two weeks ago in the cold, and I already had posted on here about their frostbitten ears. Anyways, they are doing good, the frostbitten parts of the ears look like they will fall off soon, and hopefully that goes

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Hermaphroditism, Freemartinism, and Goat Infertility: Exploring Non-Infectious Causes | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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When our does have trouble conceiving, our minds often tend to go toward infectious causes. But there are non-infectious causes of infertility to consider as well.

In thi

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Recommendations for helping goats lose weight

Hello All,
 It has been a while since I have posted with a question and am grateful for all the past help.  When I was early in my goating years Tammy had posted that during the times of the year that good hay was hard to get, she fed the hay pellets

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Blood Transfusion in Goats| For the Love of Goats Podcast

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There have been instances where a goat owner watched a severely parasitized, anemic goat die because they did not realize that a life-saving blood transfusion was an option for their animal.

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Anemia in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Goat owners should be well-versed in the art of the FAMACHA check. We know that bright red mucous membranes of the eyes are a good sign while pale or white mucous membranes could indicate a heavy paras

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Listeriosis in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Listeriosis can strike fear into the hearts of goats owners, not only because it needs prompt treatment to increase the odds of survival, and because it can be difficult to diagnose due to the fac

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Milk Test Reports: What We Learn About our Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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If you ever wondered about the benefits of milk testing, today’s episode contains an abundance of valuable information. Today we are talking to Jeremy Leather, a field technician at Dairy One, a milk

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Raw Milk Safety | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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We are talking to Mark McAfee, the chairman of the Raw Milk Institute, which was founded in 2011 to help meet the growing demand for safe raw milk and to educate consumers on raw milk safety. He is als

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Anesthesia in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Every goat owner has heard that goats don’t do well with anesthesia, so we are always understandably nervous when our goats need to be sedated. Dr. Kelly Chen, Veterinary Anesthesiology Resident at

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Goat Diseases and Women’s Health | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Can goats threaten your health if you're a pregnant woman? If you are a woman, there are some specific precautions you should be taking with goats giving birth and also when using drugs

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When to supplement dam fed kids/ Kids grinding teeth

This is our second kidding season (all 100% NDG)...so still learning. The newest does to our herd kidded here last year shortly after their arrival, so they had been through the trauma of travel and getting used to a new home. We lost several at birt

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1.5 year old bonded pair: Doe recently kidded, Buck just passed away

Hi guys! I am new to the group, but before I introduce myself and my goats, I have a more pressing matter that I need some very experienced goat owners to weigh in on....

I am very new to owning goats. I rescued a bonded pair of approximately 1.5 year

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Carpal Hyperextension in Nigerian Dwarf Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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If you’ve ever had a goat with wonky knees, today’s episode will shed some light on the problem. When a goat has carpal hyperextension, it means that the knees bend backwards rather than

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Pregnancy weight gain

How much weight does the average doe put on during pregnancy? 

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Neospora caninum and goats?

Hi All, I am thinking about moving my goats to a proprety where there are two cows are having issues with neospora caninum. Is this something I need to worry about for my goats? Will they be safe grazing the same acreage? I cant seem to find a lot of

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Cystic Ovaries and Other Reproductive Problems in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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What do you do when your doe gets bred but doesn’t get pregnant? There are a number of reasons why this can happen, and Dr. Jamie Stewart, Assistant Professor in Production Management Med

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Doe lost babies, but still has full bags 6 months later?

Hi there! Help/advice needed. We have a female who kidded 3 dead babies 6 months ago. So so sad, and we aren't sure why they passed. She was getting adequate minerals/supplements. Anyway, we were told the milk would dry up so we never tried to milk h

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Blown teat?

Hi, all!

I have been hand milking a FF Nigerian Dwarf (kidded in March) twice a day for a couple months. Her production started at about 1 1/2-2 cups cups per milking and has dropped to about 3/4 cup per milking (she had a parasite overload last month

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Goat Worm Myths and Misunderstandings | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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A couple of months ago, we had a Facebook post that elicited a lot of very passionate responses and also uncovered a lot of myths and misinformation about worms in goats.

In today

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