Bellewood Acres Testing and Vaccinations
Clostridium perfringens and tertani. Eric Gordon, DVM, Ohio State University, believes that clostridial diseases are the only group that all sheep and goats should be vaccinated against. He recommends using a three-way vaccine generically referred to as CDT, which protects against types C and D and tetanus. Our herd receives the CD/T vaccination annually. We continue to vaccinate with CD/T each year.
Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Testing was conducted annually from 2000-2011. These tests were required for fair competitions, even though these diseases are not currently in the State of Virginia. These tests are no longer required, unless crossing state lines.
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus (CAE) is persistent lentivirus infections of goats and sheep. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) is a test to detect CAE antibodies. It does not test for the actual disease and goats with less than 35% are considered negative for CAE even though they have some antibodies. Goats with CAE normally die at a young age, however, some CAE positive goats live to be 13 years old. Goats that test positive can later test negative and visa versa. The disease is transmitted through the blood, milk or colostrum and is killed through the pasteurization process. With exception of Grand Champions (kept apart from the rest of the herd), goats that have tested positive in the herd were removed from the herd to remain a CAE free herd. With all the controversy on CAE and the validity of the testing questionable, we also stopped testing for CAE in 2011. However, we do continue to raise all of our kids on pasteurized milk and colostrum.
Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL) is a chronic bacterial infection that causes lumps on goats. A herd having this disease will have several abscesses normally around the neck area. We have had a few abscesses over the years and each time the vet was called in to lance it. We were assured that the abscesses were due to injury (splinters or injection sites) and not CL.
Bellewood Acres will be happy to have any tests done at the buyer’s expense. We do require a $100 deposit which in part will be used to pay for testing. The remaining balance will be applied towards purchase or refunded if tests results are unsatisfactory to buyer.
Clostridium perfringens and tertani. Eric Gordon, DVM, Ohio State University, believes that clostridial diseases are the only group that all sheep and goats should be vaccinated against. He recommends using a three-way vaccine generically referred to as CDT, which protects against types C and D and tetanus. Our herd receives the CD/T vaccination annually. We continue to vaccinate with CD/T each year.
Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Testing was conducted annually from 2000-2011. These tests were required for fair competitions, even though these diseases are not currently in the State of Virginia. These tests are no longer required, unless crossing state lines.
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus (CAE) is persistent lentivirus infections of goats and sheep. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) is a test to detect CAE antibodies. It does not test for the actual disease and goats with less than 35% are considered negative for CAE even though they have some antibodies. Goats with CAE normally die at a young age, however, some CAE positive goats live to be 13 years old. Goats that test positive can later test negative and visa versa. The disease is transmitted through the blood, milk or colostrum and is killed through the pasteurization process. With exception of Grand Champions (kept apart from the rest of the herd), goats that have tested positive in the herd were removed from the herd to remain a CAE free herd. With all the controversy on CAE and the validity of the testing questionable, we also stopped testing for CAE in 2011. However, we do continue to raise all of our kids on pasteurized milk and colostrum.
Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL) is a chronic bacterial infection that causes lumps on goats. A herd having this disease will have several abscesses normally around the neck area. We have had a few abscesses over the years and each time the vet was called in to lance it. We were assured that the abscesses were due to injury (splinters or injection sites) and not CL.
Bellewood Acres will be happy to have any tests done at the buyer’s expense. We do require a $100 deposit which in part will be used to pay for testing. The remaining balance will be applied towards purchase or refunded if tests results are unsatisfactory to buyer.
