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Expert Profile: goatlady

Expertise:  Specializing in New Goat Owner understanding of goat physiology, goat anatomy, goat care and herd management. *I am not a veterinarian, any advice and information should be verified by your veterinarian before administering to your goats. (! During times of severe weather in the Midwest, I may experience a delay in internet service due to the interference of the satellite reception - but will answer your questions as soon as service is restored. !) Note: Keep in mind, the goat expert is volunteering her time to help other goat owners, she also runs her farm with her own herd of 100 goats and may not be at her computer at all hours. Questions are answered as soon as she can possibly read and answer them, usually within 24 hours.

Experience in the area
18 years experience of raising goats and herd management. Active hands on experience with goat herd and research with various Caprine University Research and Extension Centers nationwide. 15 years dedicated to helping other goat breeders/owners with goat anatomy, goat disease and goat health care issues via phone, published goat care articles and internet interaction. The information I have to offer is not only from personal experience and years of research updated often as new information is made available to me, but supported by many Veterinary Research colleges and all medications and information I have to offer on how the medications work and what dosages "I" use, is information I have acquired by discussing directly with the company's veterinarians and staff research experts.

Organizations
5 year active member of International Veterinary Information Service

Publications
United Caprine News, Homesteaders Magazine, Columnist for Goat Magazine, Owner and Author of GoatPedia™

Education/Credentials
Graduate Programs in Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University

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What do you like about this subject?  What is there not to love about goats? They are my life! If I am on Vacation there will be help for you at my goat emergency group There are also descriptive goat care articles at my website: http://Goat-Link.com
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  I want to be able to communicate the Proper goat care information for goat owners so they can care for their goats in the most effective manner possible. I want to help others understand their goats and be able to give their goats they best care they can.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  Goats do NOT eat everything. They are fastidious eaters and require good clean mold free hay and fresh clean water daily. *goatlady in the AllExperts Top 25 for April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008,August 2008, Sept 2008! and November 2008!~ Thank you for your nominations!!!
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  Do NOT castrate your kids too young, do NOT disbud too late- Know that SafeGuard is for horses and not effective in goats, be aware the milk replacers for bottle babies are the #1 killer of baby goats! (! During times of severe weather in the Midwest, I may experience a loss of internet service - but will answer your questions as soon as service is restored. !)
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Prestige Points: 20390
Knowledge   9.97   Best of the best
Clarity of Response   9.95   Best of the best
Timeliness   10.0   Best of the best
Politeness   10.0   Best of the best
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User Comments
thank you and dont worry we went ahead and gave him a shot. he is up and running eating and drinking more also. will continue meds. for a week. thank
(julie rogers on 07/03/09)
you have been very helpful and also very prompt.
(julie rogers on 07/02/09)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
(Karen on 06/28/09)
great responce & knowledge. also the links attached are great. Thanks so much, Dwayne
(Dwayne on 06/27/09)
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Recent Answers from goatlady
2009-07-02  no teat orifice *HI Virginia, Oh boy.. that has to be very uncomfortable for her- maybe the vet can do something similar to what they did before to alleviate the pressure on that side. Please do let me know what the...
2009-07-02  my pygmy goats behavior *HI Julie, There could have been something in the feeder but if this were mold related you would be seeing more symptoms by now, drunken behavior, head tilt and or drooling from one side of the mouth...
2009-07-02  my pygmy goats behavior *HI Julie, Have you changed the feed at all? New hay? New bag of grain? How much grain doe she get? Wethers need very little grain as too much predisposes them to urinary calculi but this sounds more...
2009-07-01  no teat orifice *HI Virginia, I think the vet is correct, and this would also invite bacteria to easily enter the teat causing mastitis. I think if she were mine I would opt to allow the milk supply to decrease on that...
2009-06-30  injection site abcesses *HI Shellie, Some people give the injection behind the front arm in the flap of skin between the arm and the body: http://goat-link.com/content/view/161/168/ Note: CD/T, the toxoid-(Covexin8), will...
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