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Pour-ons are usually made for 🐮 cattle, which have different metabolism and higher body fat than goats. These basic body features affect how the drug works: it needs to be absorbed through the skin and licked off, then move through the body to reach a high-enough level in the gut to kill worms.

Pour-ons can’t do this reliably in 🐐👎 goats - the level they manage to reach in the gut varies.

Worms that see a ‘sub-lethal’ dose of active constituent survive; and worse, their offspring are more likely to be ⚠️ resistant.

Meat & Livestock Australia Animal Health Australia Goat Veterinary Consultancies - goatvetoz

Normal and abnormal kid positions & how to help at kidding

22/09/2023

Great Vid!
Keep it up Sandra Baxendell 🇦🇺♥️🐐

Normal and abnormal kid positions & how to help at kidding Normal positions for first and second kids. Abnormal kid positions that may need help being delivered. How to care for naval cords by Dr Sandra Baxendell, ...

22/09/2023

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22/09/2023

hmmmmm 🤔🤔 Oh well! It's a sign I think.. what do you think? should I buy one and risk my Butt to my partner? 🤔🤔 ♥️🐐
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CxG Boer Goats ᴄxɢ ʙᴏᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀᴛs | ʙᴏᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀᴛ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅᴇʀs ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʟɪᴀɴ, ʙᴀᴛᴀɴɢᴀs, ᴘʜ | ᴀɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ǫᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ʙᴏᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀᴛs

21/09/2023

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ADVICE TO NEW FARMERS (extract article)

Do your research on goats:

“I think, sleep and drink anything related to goats because I'm quite passionate about goats, and that spurs me to research a lot about them. So, acquire as much knowledge as possible through reading, visit other established goat farmers, go to auctions, see what quality of goats are sold at auctions and how the market works.”

You don't need to start big:

“Start with a few goats. Learn the ropes as you go, and as you learn more and more about them, you then make adjustments and can add to your flock. Because if you were to acquire a big flock without necessarily knowing on how to take care of the goats, it might actually end in tears.”

Run your operation like a business:

“Goat farming is a lucrative business. And like any business out there, it has to be run like a business for you to achieve success.”

JUSTIN DZIRUNI

Picture Credit: Kilifi Creek - South Africa
Top Red Genetics - Kalahari Red Breeders

20/09/2023

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20/09/2023

PSA for spring:
There is nothing quite like people saying “I rotate my wormers!” to get my eye twitching. It is mostly the way people tell me, half proud of themselves for doing what they have been told is the right thing. So I cannot slap them as Batman is slapping Robin because it isn’t really their fault.
But the truth is, rotating actives is not the right thing; you’ve been lied to, with the idea that it will prevent drug resistance and keep your horses healthy.
The “rotating” wormers regime puts people into a system of deworming for the sake of deworming: Oh, I used a “red” wormer in autumn, now that it is spring it’s time for a “green” one.
I have nothing against changing actives when worming, however swapping actives because the wheel on the stable fridge tells you to is very unscientific. And it does not prevent drug resistance.

If you want to prevent drug resistance there are two things you need to do:
1) Get a FEC prior to every deworming treatment. Let the FEC results guide you to choosing what dewormer to use – if you need to use one at all. The choice should be based on age, weather, climate, what worms are present, what drug resistance you have on your property, paddock situation/herd mates. You should always choose your dewormer based on the CURRENT infection, not a past treatment.
2) Find out what drug resistance you have on your property by getting FECs done AFTER treatment as well. If it turns out that the classically labelled “green” drenches (the benzimidazoles) do not work well, then rotating to them in spring is worse than useless.

It does not have to be your job alone to decide if your horse needs to be dewormed, or with what it should be treated with if it does. That’s the job of people like me (a parasitologist!) and vets. That is what we are here for, and I would much prefer you to ask rather than to continue putting unnecessary or inappropriate drenches down your horses’ throats.

Lastly, make sure to get your horses checked via FEC this spring. Check out the website for all the upcoming drop off points across VIC (there’s a few!) or you can pop them in the post from across Australia.

19/09/2023

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Happy National Cheeseburger Day! Check out the nutritional value of goat meat while you prepare your goat burgers!

17/09/2023

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Did you know goosebumps is state of skin cause by Fear or Excitement?
For sure tulad natin na na kinilabutan ka sa TAKOT or EXCITEMENT!

Sa na malaman ng asawa mo o partner mo na magkakaron ka na ng Fullblood Boer, at kasi may first Fullblood Boer ka na or may pandagdag ka na sa materyales mo! ♥️🐐 😉🤭

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