By: Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PHD 2009 Johne's (pronounced YO nees) disease is a serious disease... and one that will only become more and more important to goat breeders in the coming decade. My suspicion is that this is much more widespread in the Tennessee Myotonic goat breed than most breeders are currently aware. We all need to be doing what we can to identify this … [Read more...] about Johne’s Disease in Goats
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Abscesses – Should You Worry?
By: Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PHD 2009 Abscesses are at least annoying, and can be much more than that to goat breeders and owners. Every abscess must be considered as a potential threat to the herd even though some are fairly harmless. The reason that abscesses in sheep and goats are important is that many of these are caused by one very specific organism. This disease is … [Read more...] about Abscesses – Should You Worry?
Understanding Goat Defects
By: Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PHD The issue of conformational defects in goats can be a confusing one - and can become especially controversial when different philosophies of goat breeding and rearing come into contact with one another. What one breeder considers a defect may well be considered a harmless variation by another. A few of the more common variations are outlined … [Read more...] about Understanding Goat Defects