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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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Housing floor

Apologies if I get this wrong as I am not good on these laptop things!

I am in the process of building a living area for our future goats and was wondering what the best flooring would be. I am considering using concrete or just good old soil. They sh

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Hoof Rot in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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All these years I thought we were just lucky to have never had a case of hoof rot in our goats, but in today’s episode, I learned that luck has nothing to do with it.

Dr. Kevin Pelzer, Professor of P

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Red Cell for Goats: Study Examines Its Effectiveness | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Although it is a fairly common practice for goat owners to treat anemic animals with Red Cell after deworming, there had not been any research on whether it was helpful — until now.

Today’s guest, J

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Tetanus in Goats: Transmission, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis | For the Love of Goats Podcast

 

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Although some animals are not as susceptible to tetanus, such as dogs and cats, goats can get tetanus. Like humans, which have been protected by the vaccine since the first world war, goats can also

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Milk Clots but no other mastitis symptoms

Good morning ya'll - I have a first freshener doe, 5 weeks post partum who is nursing three babies. I have been milking mom since kids were 3 weeks old.  In the last two days, I noticed one or two "milk clots" coming out when I milked.  The teat woul

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Goat Placenta: Understanding Its Function and Management | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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Not only is a goat placenta very different from a human or horse placenta but how it functions is also different, as well as how it should be managed after birth.

In this episode, we are talking to Dr. J

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Zinc issues maybe?

I have a 5 year old pregnant doe (Ella) due in two weeks and two pregnant yearlings that are all loosing hair by the handful and Ella has giant flakes of skin on her udder. All have excessive dandruf and seem itchy. It looks like zinc deficiency and

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another shedding question

Hi all, I am new to the group and have read up on the shedding inquiries that have already been posted.  I was hoping for an additional reassurance regarding the incredible shedding my 3 year old Nigerian Dwarf, Apollo is currently undergoing.  

He gr

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External Parasites in Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

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At one time or another, every goat owner will probably be faced with external parasites on their goats, which usually means lice or mites. 

Dr. Michael Pesato, Assistant Clinical Professor

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Constipation in Goats: A Social Media Epidemic | New Blog Post

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Some people think their goat is constipated when it is acting totally normal -- or when it has something so serious it should be seen by a vet.

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