Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

Johne's Part 2 - Testing

ELISA, PCR, cultures, histopath! So many ways to try to determine if an animal is infected with MAP and not one is enough by itself! goatdoccara@gmaill.com Support thi

Johne's Part 1 - Basics

Part 1 of what looks like at least currently a three part series about Johne's disease AKA MAP (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis) in general and in goats.

Mini Episode - Podcast Check in & Housekeeping

A peripherally goat-related episode. This mini episode is just to update on what's going on with the podcast, how to get in touch, what I'm shooting for with the podcast

Fencing

Devin and I talk about our life in fencing. What has worked well for us, what hasn't, where some fencing applications are more successful than others. goatdoccara@gmail

Fly Control

Devin and I chat about the scourge of every farm - flies. What we have done over the years and what has worked for us. goatdoccara@gmail.com Support this show http://s

Tales from the Farm Vol 13

Tales from the Farm recounts the Flying Goat Farm February 2025 Canadian Pasteurizer Expedition. (There are a number of short skips in the audio in this episode due to

Breeding Strategies

Devin and I are in transit and and have a chat about all the ways we have managed breeding logistics over the past fifteen odd years, pros and cons of different methods,

Tales from the Farm Vol 12

Maybe a cold open will be for Tales from the Farm. Hey, we're trying to be back! Devin and I chat about what we've been up to for some of the recent months out of the p

Tales From the Farm Vol 11

A long overdue update on what's been going on at Flying Goat Farm this spring/early summer. Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? ww

Registered Goats - Why?

Why should we care about whether our goats are registered? It's more than just being able to say that your animal is "purebred" or not. In this episode, I talk about my e

Dystocia

Dystocia is our veterinary doctor word for difficult birth. (I guess maybe we call it something different for humans? I don't know, all species but one over here). In thi

Lookin' at Poop: Fecal Diagnostics

Seems like we talk about poop a lot sometimes doesn't it. While I'm sure I've touched on fecal analysis as part of a parasite management program in the past, I thought I

Enteric Protozoa Part 2: Other Guys

While coccidia is the big player in problem protozoa for ruminants, there are a couple other guys I see around that I sometimes care about as well, so Entamoeba and Giard

Enteric Protozoa Part 1 : Coccidia

It's been a while, but I'm back for at least a few episodes to talk about enteric protozoans - single celled critters that live in the guts, and may or may not be a probl

Breeding Season Thoughts 2021

Talking a little pause from calcium to talk about the fall breeding season. The leaves are turning in Maine and in a strange turn of events, I finished my 2021 breeding p

Calcium - Overview & Regulation

This is the first of a couple of episodes talking about calcium. For this first episode, I go into the physiology (I think I kept it mostly under control) of where calciu

Tales From the Road/Clinic - July 2021

A departure from your more goat oriented podcast. In this episode I am going to tell you all about what is going on in the veterinary field as of this moment in July 2021

Tales From the Farm Vol 10

Devin and I recap what all has been going on over the winter and spring at the farm on a rainy truck ride up to my parents' house on the 4th of July. (Sorry about the win

Some Goat Health Topics That Could Use Some Clarification

Got some stuff to clear up for people! You may already know some of these things, but I've had a few things bouncing around in my head lately that I hear people say, or d

Buck Keeping

I got a couple of requests to talk about general buck keeping, so here we go! Also go check out Episode 39 for a more reproductive focused buck episode. This episode st