Texas Vet Lab Inc. offers CL vaccine for goats

 
 
The following announcement has been posted on the Texas Vet Lab Inc. website:


"Texas Vet Lab, Inc., is excited to announce the launch of a new vaccine,
Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Bacterin. This first-to-market
conditionally licensed product provides veterinarians and producers an
important tool to help protect the Caprine/goat population from
Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis, a bacterial disease that is the cause of
Caseous Lymphadenitis (C.L.) in goats. Without a commercially available
vaccine as a practical management tool, goat producers have had few options
to prevent the spread of this disease.
 
"Texas Vet Lab will begin accepting orders May 14, 2012. This product is
launching with a conditional license that will be regulated by each state's
veterinary agency. Distribution in each state shall be limited to
authorized recipients designated by proper state officials-under such
additional conditions as these authorities may require."


Click here to see the status of the vaccine in your state.

Standing room only at Ozark Empire goat conference

Potential buyers began filling the stands an hour before the sale.

Goats from 25 consignors, numerous vendors and hundreds of visitors filled the barn at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds on May 18-19.

There was standing room only at the Ozark Empire Meat Goat Conference and Spotlight Kiko Sale held May 18-19 in Springfield, Mo. The event, sponsored by the National Kiko Registry, featured educational seminars all day Friday and on Saturday morning.  An auction of Kiko breeding stock followed the seminars on Saturday.

Conference organizers were busy shuffling seating arrangements on Friday morning when attendees kept pouring in. Tables were removed from the conference room and replaced with more chairs to accommodate the crowd of more than 200 participants.

The seminars were free and open to the public. These educational seminars, being hosted around the country by the National Kiko Registry, are for producers of all breeds of meat goats in an effort to promote the meat goat industry in general. 180 seminar participants received their FAMACHA certification, which qualifies them to use the FAMACHA eye color chart to determine the degree of anemia in their goats and determine whether deworming is needed. 

The crowd stayed around through Saturday to see the Kiko auction with 75 registered bidders participating. The sale was in two parts. The first part was the Elite Kiko Buck Sale. This sale was limited to 10 herdsire prospects. Each consignor paid a $200 consignment fee; the consignors then drew lots at a Friday night social to determine the sale order.

Consignors to the Elite Buck Sale drew lots on Friday night

to determine the sale order.

The high-selling buck was consigned by Mike and Lorie Renick of M.R. Goats in Worthington, W.V. MRG Smooth Criminal, a December 2011 buck, was purchased for $1,400 by the partnership of Dr. Kraig Stemme, DVM, and Jay Haggerty of Lake Fork Kikos in Alba, Texas.

The buck sale was followed by the Spotlight Auction of 106 Kiko and percentage Kiko does. This sale reflected the growing demand for Kiko breeding stock with some of the highest averages ever for percentage Kiko does.

The high-selling lot was a solid black doe with a solid black doe kid adorned with a pink bow in her hair. This pair, consigned by John Smith of Caprine Genetics in Petersburg, Va., brought $3,000.

The high-selling individual doe was consigned by Dick and Sally Rutherford of Bear Creek Kikos in Carlinville, Ill. SDR Lara Bear, a yearling 100% New Zealand doe with striking colors, was purchased for $1,700 by Ron McGill and family of Triple M Kikos Goats in Cicero, Ind.

In the Elite Buck Sale, the six purebred Kiko bucks sold for an average price of $775. The four New Zealand bucks sold for an average of $981.

In the doe sale, 23 half- and three-quarter Kikos averaged $575. No doe brought less that $500. Thirty-six 88%-99% does averaged $828 a head. Thirty-seven 100% New Zealand does averaged $1,111.

The Rutherfords (left) and the McGills with SDR Lara Bear.

Kraig Stemme (left) and Mike Renick with MRG Smooth Criminal.

Va. goat club offers seminar on goat milk

The Commonwealth Goat Club is offering a FREE presentation about goat milk, this Saturday, May 19, at the Orange County Extension Office, Orange, Va. Even if you raise meat goats, you still need a good milk supply to raise healthy kids.

There will be a business meeting at 11 a.m. and a potluck lunch at noon. The educational program will be 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Dr. Joe Garvin and Sue Garvin will cover all topics related to goat milk and health. From CAE to zoonotic disease, colostrum, udder health, milk testing and disease transmission via milk.

The Commonwealth Goat Club (CGC) is the creation of several dairy goat enthusiasts. The name is drawn from the group’s goal to establish a club that appeals to the common wealth of enthusiasm, interest and knowledge that can be gained from the collective experience (and inexperience) of goat owners. The benefits of membership are quarterly newsletters (The Common Ground), quarterly meetings on various topics and yahoo! group for e-communication. For membership information, visit www.commonwealthgoatclub.org.

The Orange County Extension office is located at 146 Madison Road, Suite 102, in Orange, Va. The office is located on the First Floor of the Sedwick Building across from the McDonalds. Enter the front door of the building and turn right. Parking is located in the front and side of the building.

Tennessee Browsing Academy May 17-19

The fourth Tennessee Browsing Academy will be held May 17-19 at the University of Tennessee Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center in Spring Hill, Tenn. This is a detailed, educational, hands-on three-day seminar sponsored by Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. 

Registration is $135 for the three days and includes lunches, breaks, handouts and the manual. Checks can be written to: TSU/CEP, (attn:  Linda Buchanan), 3500 J.A. Merritt Blvd., Box 9635, Nashville TN 37209-1561.  For more information, contact An Peischel, Tennessee State University, Small Ruminant Extension Specialist, at 615-963-5539 (central time) or e-mail apeischel@tnstate.edu.

Goats tackle kudzu

(Photo by Mike Hensdill/The Gaston Gazette) Thirty kudzu eating goats were released into a fenced in area River Park in Belmont Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2012. The idea is that the hungry goats will chew their way through all the kudzu that has overtaken the area where the park is to be built.

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By Amanda Memrick
The Gaston Gazette

Living weed eaters arrived in Belmont, N.C., Tuesday to eradicate kudzu one bite at a time.

Goats will be clearing kudzu at River Park along East Catawba Street this spring and gain in the fall at a cost of $12,038.

The kudzu controllers come from Wells Farm in Horse Shoe, which has been offering goats for kudzu control since 2007.

Thirty goats were brought to a 1.6 acre plot, said Ron Searcy, co-owner of Wells Farm.

It’ll take the herd three or four weeks to thin out the kudzu there before they move across the street to the city land bordering the Catawba River, Searcy said.

RFD-TV launches Stockshow Confidential

Stockshow Confidential is an informative and entertaining look at the stockshow circuit.

Airs on RFD-TV Tuesdays @ 6:30 pm CST & Wednesdays @ 8:30 am CST.

Description

Stockshow Confidential is an informative and entertaining look into the stockshow circuit. Each week Stockshow Confidential will take a look at all aspects of showing livestock; from finding the right animal to showing it at one of the many stockshows across the nation. We will touch on topics such as purchasing, feeding, grooming and of course showmanship. Along the way viewers will meet some of the top breeders and judges in the country who will share a wealth of information, making you better in the show ring. Each episode will also have a special "Tips from the Vet" feature that will provide a firsthand look at diseases, treatment and prevention.

http://stockshowconfidential.com

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All-natural weed-whackers in the Boise Foothills

About 350 goats owned by Tim and Lynda Linquist have been dispatched to the Warm Springs Mesa to eat invasive weeds this week. The project is a joint program between the Warm Springs Mesa Neighborhood Association, City of Boise and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The program is being funded by Southwest Idaho Research, Conservation and Development program. May 3, 2012 CHRIS BUTLER

Idaho Statesman Staff

More than 300 goats are grazing the Boise Foothills on the eastern edge of Warm Spring Mesa this week to chomp down on cheatgrass, medusahead, rye grass, Russian olive trees and other plants. They graze 24 hours a day.

“Our rule of thumb is, 100 goats eat an acre a day,” said Tim Linquist of Wilder, owner of We Rent Goats.

He and his wife, Lynda, are busy this spring because it’s prime time for fire-fuel control, with peak grass growth just prior to seeding.

More than 99 percent of the seeds will not germinate once they’ve passed through the goats’ digestive system.

The Lindquists have 140 does and 200 kids on the job.

The family is camping near Warm Spring Mesa to herd and care for the goats. They have the help of a herd dog.

The goats are kept in a large electrified enclosure as they move up the draws around the Mesa.

The Linquists also are working in other neighborhoods near Table Rock and Boise’s North End.

After 10 wildfires in 2011 on undeveloped land surrounding the 440-home subdivision, the Warm Springs Mesa Neighborhood Association teamed up with the city of Boise to reduce wildland fuels.

Through a grant from the Southwest Idaho Resource, Conservation and Development program, the neighborhood had herbicide applied to 78 acres in vulnerable areas outside the subdivision.

Spray wasn’t used in a 100-foot buffer zone between the sprayed area and houses. The goats are grazing on 24 acres in that zone.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/05/04/2102696/all-natural-weed-whackers.html#storylink=cp
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