Mastitis questions...UPDATE...With pictures!

[cmjust0]

The thing is CM, that it was the large breed goats that were skinny, just so happens this girl was worse off....She had dwarves besides the 3 big girls...So I'm assuming that's why they were the only skinny ones...as far as my experience goes, it seems VERY hard to have a skinny small goat lol...

Aha...that makes more sense, especially if all the goats were on the same feeding regimen. Would actually make a whole lot of sense if she -- being the skinniest -- were the latest freshener.

I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of the girls had it..Seems like something that can be there without being noticed/causing issues?

With CAE, definitely. I think I read once that something like 70% of goats with CAE will be totally asymptomatic their entire lives.

 

[Roll farms]

I had my entire dairy herd tested a couple months ago b/c a ff freshened w/ a hard udder, and another breeder said it 'felt' like CAE mastitis.

10 negatives, 3 positives, ALL 3 positives are asymptomatic / act / seem fine.

One of the positives, Doodle...was out of a CAE neg. tested dam, her 2 sisters that are here tested negative, AND her daughter tested negative....AND ALL were caught at birth / raised on heat treated colostrum and pasteurized milk.

The other 2 positives weren't born here....

And the one I was suspicious about...tested negative.

But I'm just dumbfounded how Doodle got it, IF it is a true positive....she'll be retested shortly.
And she's NEVER had mastitis, she has the prettiest BIG productive udder on the place.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

My doe tested positive and her udder is nice and soft and she's a good producer. She's totally asymptomatic. I don't freak out about CAE anymore.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Is unthriftiness symptomatic or was CAE suggested because of the mastitis?