Breeding a CAE Postive Buck to a CAE free doe

[DonnaBelle]

Hi all,

I guess my question is this: If you breed a CAE positive buck to a doe that is CAE free, will the kids have CAE and would it give the non-CAE doe the disease??

I would appreciate some info on this.

Thanks in advance.

DonnaBelle

 

[ksalvagno]

I probably wouldn't chance it because there is a transfer of fluids during breeding. But I don't know if CAE would be in those fluids.

 

[Roll farms]

Some folks say it's safe to breed, some say it isn't....I don't "know" because I've never tried and then tested...but like ksalvagno, I wouldn't risk it.

"They" say kids can't get it from 'birth'...it's transferred when they nurse off of the dam....but again...why risk it?

 

[aggieterpkatie]

It's very possible to breed a positive animal to a negative animal and *not* have it transferred. I'd say it's more possible for it to NOT be passed than it is for it TO be passed. Make sense? I wouldn't have any issues breeding a positive animal to a negative animal. None at all.

 

[BetterHensandGardens]

I'm with ksalvagno and Roll, why open the possibility of transmitting such a troublesome disease when it could be avoided? I don't think any buck would have sufficiently strong traits that I would risk infecting both the doe and all the offspring. :/

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I'm with ksalvagno and Roll, why open the possibility of transmitting such a troublesome disease when it could be avoided? I don't think any buck would have sufficiently strong traits that I would risk infecting both the doe and all the offspring. :/

That was my thought, too. There are lots of nice bucks out there...